Chooran Sah @ Churan Sah v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.81171 of 2019 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-147 Year-2019 Thana- GOPALPUR District- West Champaran ====================================================== Chooran Sah @ Churan Sah, Son of Sri Bandhu Sah, Resident of VillageSaraswa, P.S.-Gopalpur, District-West Champaran. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Pratap Sharma, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Umanath Mishra, A.P.P.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PARTHA SARTHY ORAL ORDER 24-02-2020 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

The petitioner has filed the instant application for grant of anticipatory bail apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offence under sections 409, 420, 467, 468 and 471 of the Indian Penal Code.

As per the allegation in the F.I.R., the petitioner who is a teacher in the Block in District- West Champaran, in matter of construction in the premises of the school is said to have left the work incomplete and there is allegation of financial defalcation. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that with respect to the construction which took place in the year 2009-10, an F.I.R. has been registered after 10 years with false and unfounded allegations.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.81171 of 2019(2) dt.24-02-2020 2/2 It is further submitted that from Annexure- 7 to the application it would transpire that the completion certificate had been issued by the authority concerned to the petitioner. It is further submitted that the petitioner has no criminal antecedent and is still working as a teacher in the Block. The application for bail has been opposed by learned APP for the State.

Having heard learned counsel for the parties and in the facts and circumstances of the case, this Court is inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail. The petitioner above named, in the event of his arrest or surrender in the Court below within a period of six weeks from today in connection with Gopalpur P.S. Case no. 147 of 2019 is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned C.J.M., West Champaran, Bettiah, subject to the conditions as laid down in section 438 (2) of the Criminal Procedure Code.

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