PATNA, India, May 29 -- Patna High Court issued the following order on May 1:
Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioner seeks bail, apprehending his arrest, in connection with Jogsar P.S. Case No.58 of 2024, dated. 06.305.2024 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 420, 421, 423, 467, 468, 469, 471 and 120(B) of the Indian Penal Code.
3. As per allegation, some documents maintained in the registry office is found to be tempered.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the Petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. He further submits that the petitioner is only a deed-writer of the documents that has substituted the old documents. He further submits that the in-charge of the record room, Sanjay Kumar, photo copier of the registry office, Kishore Kumar and Bisundeo Ram, the Book Binder, have already been enlarged on anticipatory bail by a co-ordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated.23.10.2024 and 17.01.2025, passed in Cr. Misc. no.69095 of 2024 and Cr. Misc. no.87519 of 2024 along with 87633 of 2024 respectively.
5. It is also stated in paragraph no. 2 of the bail petition that the petitioner has not moved this Court earlier either for anticipatory bail or regular one in the instant case.
6. It has further been stated in paragraph no.3 of the bail petition that the petitioner has no criminal antecedents.
7. However, learned APP for the State vehemently opposes the prayer of the Petitioner for bail.
8. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, this petition is allowed, directing the petitioner, above-named, to be enlarged on bail, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the court below within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt / production of a copy of this order, on his furnishing bail bonds in the sum of Rs. 10,000 /- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of concerned court below in connection with Jogsar P.S. Case No.58 of 2024, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) B.N.S.S., 2023 and on the following conditions:
(i) In case, it is brought to the notice of the court below that the petitioner has any criminal antecedents, learned court below shall cancel the bail bonds of the petitioner after hearing him and getting satisfied that the petitioner has concealed his criminal antecedents despite his knowledge of the same.
(ii) In case, it is brought to the notice of the court below that statement regarding previous bail petition is wrong, learned court below shall cancel the bail bonds of the petitioner.
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