Sujita Kumari v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.2605 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-116 Year-2025 Thana- BIBHUTIPUR District- Samastipur ====================================================== Sujita Kumari, D/O Yogendra Singh,W/O Dashrath Das R/O Village and Post - Malpur Chakyadu, P.S - Khodawandpur/ Khudabandpur, Distt.- Begusarai ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

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

Mr. Ajay Mishra, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SOURENDRA PANDEY ORAL ORDER 28-01-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2. Petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Bibhutipur P.S. Case No. 116 of 2025 registered for the offences under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471, 120B of the Indian Penal Code.

3. The allegation against the petitioner is that she had used a fake mark-sheet to gain appointment as a primary school teacher.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has falsely been implicated in this case and she had not submitted any document which was fake, in fact, she had submitted the BETET certificate as given to her by the Bihar School Examination Board and without proper inquiry, the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.2605 of 2026(2) dt.28-01-2026 2/3 petitioner has been singled out after more than 13 years of her appointment. It has lastly been submitted that the petitioner shall cooperate in the investigation and she has clean antecedent.

5. Learned APP for the State has opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail.

6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case and the submissions advanced on behalf of the parties, let the petitioner above named be released on anticipatory bail, in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of four weeks from today, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/-(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Court below where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Bibhutipur P.S. Case No. 116 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure read with corresponding Section 482(2) of B.N.S.S. as well as subject to the following conditions:- (i) One of the bailors of the petitioner shall be his close relative.

(ii) The petitioner shall remain physically present in Court on each date of the trial.

(iii) In case of absence on two consecutive dates, or in violation of the terms of the bail, the bail bond of the petitioner will be liable to be cancelled by the Court concerned.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.2605 of 2026(2) dt.28-01-2026 3/3 (iv) If the petitioner is found involved in similar nature of offence in future, the prosecution shall be at liberty to move for cancellation of his bail bond.

(v) The learned Court below shall verify the criminal antecedent of the petitioner and in case at any stage it is found that the petitioner has concealed his criminal antecedent, the court below shall take step for cancellation of bail bond of the petitioner. However, the acceptance of bail bonds in terms of the abovementioned order shall not be delayed for purpose of or in the name of verification.

7. Accordingly, the prayer for anticipatory bail is allowed.

8. It is made clear that the observation, if any, made in this order, shall be of no bearing during the trial. (Sourendra Pandey, J) manoj/- U T