This court granted anticipatory bail to petitioners arrested under the IPC for offences related to forgery of employment documents. Bail conditions were fixed subject to Section 438(2) Cr.P.C.
Released on bail within four weeks on bond of Rs. 10,000/- with two sureties of like amount.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.24821 of 2019
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-139 Year-2018 Thana- IMAMGANJ District- Gaya
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... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
... ... Opposite Party/s
====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Anil Kumar Saxena For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Ajay Mishra ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRAKASH CHANDRA JAISWAL
ORAL ORDER
A.P.P. for the State.
The petitioners apprehend their arrest in connection with Imamganj P.S. Case no. 139 of 2018, registered under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471, 196, 197, 198, 199, 201 and 120(B) of the Indian Penal Code.
Petitioners are said to have obtained employment as Panchayat Teacher on the basis of the documents which were found to be forged.
It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that petitioners have been falsely implicated in the
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case. There is no allegation of tampering of witnesses against the petitioners. Petitioners have been made accused in the case due to mistake of fact. It is further submitted on behalf of petitioner Ranjana Kumari that the case was lodged without verifying the photograph on the admit card filed by the petitioner for obtaining job and it is submitted on behalf of petitioner Rina Kumari that the photographs on the admit card and the application form filed by the petitioner at the time of getting job are matching as evident from the F.I.R. itself. Petitioners have been terminated from the service and they have been prosecuting. Similarly situated persons namely Kumari Manju, Lalan Singh, Pawan Kumar and Ramashish Singh have been enlarged on anticipatory bail by different coordinate Benches of this Court.
Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, let the above named petitioners, be released on bail, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of four weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Judicial Magistrate 1st Class, Sherghati at Gaya in connection with Imamganj P.S. Case No. 139 of 2018, subject to the condition as
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laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.
(Prakash Chandra Jaiswal, J)
mantreshwar/-
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1 issue framed by the court
Whether petitioners apprehending arrest for offences involving forgery should be released on anticipatory bail.
1 provisions across 1 enactments
Ranjana Kumari @ Ranju Kumari
Rina Kumari
The State of Bihar
The Vigilance, Department of Bihar, Patna
Prakash Chandra Jaiswal
As recorded by the court registry
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