Sabra Khatoon v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.90176 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-219 Year-2024 Thana- BANJARIA District- East Champaran ====================================================== Sabra Khatoon W/O Sarbe Alam Resident of village - Keshaw Chauk Sahebganj, P.S- Karaul, District- Muzaffarpur ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
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The State of Bihar 2.
Rajesh Kumar Son of Late Ram Lakhan Chaudhry Deputy Superintendent of Police, Vigilance Inquiry Bureau, Deputy Police, Patna, Resident of VillageDopatta, P.O. Baksanda, P.S- Rajauli, District- Nawadah ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner :
Mr. D.K. Sinha, Sr. Advocate Md. Abu Shajar, Advocate For the State :
Mr. Ajay Mishra, APP For the Vigilance :
Mr. Arvind Kumar, Advocate Mr. Paritosh Parimal, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 11-02-2025 Heard learned counsels for the parties.
2. Petitioner apprehends her arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 420, 467, 468 , 471 and 120B of the Indian Penal Code .
3. As per the prosecution case, petitioner is alleged to have procured appointment on the post of Panchayat Teacher on the basis of forged and fabricated certificates.
4. It is submitted by learned senior counsel appearing on behalf of petitioner that petitioner is innocent and has been falsely implicated in this case. At the time of appointment,
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.90176 of 2024(3) dt.11-02-2025 2/3 petitioner furnished all the relevant documents and after verification of those documents by the competent authority, petitioner was appointed as Panchayat Teacher. Petitioner has committed no offence. It is lastly submitted that petitioner has already been terminated from service on the basis of instant F.I.R., which has already been challenged before this Hon'ble Court in C.W.J.C. No. 5534 of 2023. Petitioner claims clean antecedents.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State and learned Spl.PP for the Vigilance have opposed the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner. It is submitted that on verification, the experience certificate submitted by the petitioner at the time of appointment was found to be forged.
6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, nature of accusation, the fact that petitioner has already been terminated from the services and clean antecedents, the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner is allowed.
7. Accordingly, in the event of arrest/surrender within a period of eight weeks from today, let the above named petitioner be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Motihari, East Champaran in connection with Banjaria P.S.
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.90176 of 2024(3) dt.11-02-2025 3/3 Case No. 219 of 2024, subject to condition as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) shashank/- U T