Veena Devi Alias Veena Kumari Vs the State of Jharkhand

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI

A.B.A. No. 5879 of 2024

Veena Devi @ Veena Kumari, Gender-Female, aged about 44 years, Daughter of Satyendra Pandey, Wife of Jay Prakash Tiwari, R/o-S.R.T. 18, Rajendra Nagar, Road No. 13 A, Moinul hq Stadium, P.O. & P.S.-Kadamkuan, DistrictPatna, Bihar ..… Petitioner

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Versus

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The State of Jharkhand ..... Opposite Party --------- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ARUN KUMAR RAI

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--------For the Petitioner : Mr. Shivam Singh, Advocate For the State : Mr. Subodh Kr. Dubey, APP ---------

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04/ Dated: 03.10.2024

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Petitioner is apprehending her arrest in connection with Dumka (Town) P.S. Case No. 45 of 2016, corresponding to G.R. No. 249 of 2016 for the offences registered under Sections 406, 419, 420, 467, 468, 120 B of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 pending in the court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Dumka.

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Learned counsel for the petitioner at the outset, submitted that similarly situated two of the co-accused persons, namely, Mukesh Kumar Jha and Ramjee Prasad have already been admitted to anticipatory bail by coordinate Bench of this Court in A.B.A. No. 9110 of 2023 vide order dated 24.04.2024.

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Further submission has been made that as far as this petitioner is concerned she is a Housewife and at no point of time, either she visited Dumka or Ranchi so question of role of this petitioner in fabricating the document does not arise at all. He further submitted that this petitioner never worked with Health Department, Dumka and even petitioner is not able to understand why her name has been dragged in the present case. Upon aforesaid premise, prayer for anticipatory bail has been made.

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Learned APP appearing for the State has opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail and submitted that petitioner has not joined investigation till the date.

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Heard the parties and perused the record.

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Perusal of record transpires that it is alleged that certain fabricated/manufactured document of appointment/adjustment in Health Department of Dumka district has been filed in writ petition being W.P.(S) No.

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3281 of 2014. From perusal of case diary, it appears that identity of this petitioner has been verified by I.O. during course of investigation. It further transpires that this petitioner has not responded to notice issued under Section 41 A Cr. P.C. But considering the fact that petitioner is a lady and it has been claimed on behalf of her that at no point of time she either visited Dumka or Ranchi and also similarly situated two of the co-accused persons, namely, Mukesh Kumar Jha and Ramjee Prasad have already been admitted to anticipatory bail by coordinate Bench of this Court in A.B.A. No. 9110 of 2023 vide order dated 24.04.2024, this Court finds it fit case to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, petitioner, above named, is directed to surrender before the learned court below within four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order and the learned court below on her surrender, shall release her on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 25,000/(Rupees twenty five thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Dumka, in connection with Dumka (Town) P.S. Case No. 45 of 2016, corresponding to G.R. No. 249 of 2016, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.

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(Arun Kumar Rai, J.)

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Pramanik/

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Veena Devi Alias Veena Kumari v. the State of Jharkhand

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