Kaushilya Kumari v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Anticipatory bail granted; Patna High Court; CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.64811 of 2024; decided 18-01-2025; Justice Rajesh Kumar Verma; petitioner Kaushilya Kumari; Noorsarai P.S. Case No. 564 of 2023; F.I.R. dated 29.11.2023; District Nalanda; Thana Noorsarai; offences under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471, 120(B) IPC; fraudulent employment by forged documents; FIR instituted pursuant to CWJC No. 15459 of 2014 (P.I.L); SCERT Assam Guwahati certificate verification letter dated 12.02.2024; Vigilance Department SP; bail bond Rs. 10,000/- with two sureties; Chief Judicial Magistrate Nalanda at Bihar Sharif; Section 438(2) CrPC; Section 482(2) Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita; Om Prakash Prasad (counsel); Arvind Kumar Spl.P.P.; Ajay Mishra APP.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail granted: petitioner to be released on bail, on arrest or surrender within thirty days of receipt of the order, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Nalanda at Bihar Sharif, subject to Section 438(2) CrPC / Section 482(2) BNSS conditions and additional conditions (co-operation and physical presence at trial with bail-bond cancellation on absence on two consecutive dates without sufficient reason; liberty to prosecution to move for cancellation if evidence/witnesses tampered with; verification of criminal antecedents by court below without delaying acceptance of bail bonds).