The High Court rejected an application for anticipatory bail filed by a bank officer against charges of forgery and cheating. The court noted a 12-year delay in filing the application without explanation, the issuance of an arrest warrant, and a police supervision note finding the case true against the petitioner.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.4668 of 2026
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-70 Year-2014 Thana- MADHEPURA District- Madhepura
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Ranjit Kumar S/o- Late Devendra Prasad @ Devendra Prasad Singh R/vDhanuki Mor, Gaga Setu Road Po- Pahari Ps- Agam Kunwa, Patna
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Satish Kumar Sinha Mr.Ashok Kumar Sinha For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Yogendra Kumar ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR SINHA ORAL ORDER
3 28-04-2026
with Madhepura P.S. Case No. 70 of 2014 dated 08.02.2014 registered under section 467, 468, 469, 471, 420, 406, 409 & 120B / 34 of the I.P.C.
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during internal audit leading to registration of F.I.R. bearing Madhepura P.S. Case No. 70 of 2014 for the offence under Sections 467, 468, 469, 471, 420, 406, 409 & 120B/34 of the I.P.C.
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about the embezzlement, he returned Rs. 2,94,000/- and Rs. 6,000/- with interest to the bank. As per paragraph no. 9 of the case diary amount of Rs. 5,00,000/- has been deposited in the account of the account holder Nutan Devi by Bhushan Rajak. The money was withdrawn from the account in question by Manoj Kumar and Bhushan Rajak and the petitioner is not the beneficiary of the said illegal withdrawal. Moreover, the petitoner has been dismissed from Bank service and has challenged the dismissal order by filing writ petition before this Court bearing C.W.J.C. No. 10694 of 2015 which is pending adjudication. The Branch Manager of the Bank has been granted anticipatory bail vide order dated 03.09.2015 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 657 of 2015 (Annexure-P/2). The petitioner has clean antecedent.
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paragraph no. 155 of the case diary it is evident that warrant of arrest has already been issued against the petitioner. After twelve years of the lodging of the F.I.R. in the year 2014 the present anticipatory bail application has been filed without explaining the reasons for delay. There is no parity between the case of the Branch Manager Choudhary Ranvijay Krishnan and the petitioner inasmuch as the petitioner was responsible for passing forged signature of Bhushan Rajak, who withdrew the amount in question.
(Anil Kumar Sinha, J)
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1 issue framed by the court
Whether the petitioner is entitled to anticipatory bail given the delay in filing and the gravity of allegations?
1 provisions across 1 enactments
Ranjit Kumar
The State of Bihar
Anil Kumar Sinha
As recorded by the court registry
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