Sanjida Khatoon v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.4889 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-92 Year-2021 Thana- KANGLI District- West Champaran ====================================================== Sanjida Khatoon W/O Aurangjeb Alam Resident of village-Senwariya, P.S.- Kangali, District- west champaran ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Bimlesh Kumar Pandey, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Anil Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 21-02-2024 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned APP for the State as well as learned counsel for the informant. The petitioner seeks bail in anticipation of her arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 120B, 323, 341, 352, 354, 384, 387, 420, 467, 468, 504, 506, 34 of the IPC.

The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and is a women and the allegation against her is of seeking appointment as 'Aaganwadi Sevika' based on forged and fabricated mark sheet. Learned counsel submits that petitioner came to be implicated based on an inquiry carried behind the back of the petitioner. It is also submitted that had an opportunity been given to the petitioner to explain her cause, perhaps the present FIR would not have been instituted.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.4889 of 2024(2) dt.21-02-2024 2/2 The learned APP along with counsel for the O.P. No.2 vehemently opposes the anticipatory bail application, but then are not in a position to rebut the submission of the learned counsel for the petitioner that the FIR came to be instituted based an inquiry conducted behind her back.

Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner above-named, in the event of her arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks, is directed to be released on bail on his furnishing bail-bonds in the sum of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Court below where the case is pending in connection with Kangali P.S. Case No.92 of 2021, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C.

The application stands allowed.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) Prakash Narayan U T