Ranjana KumariversusThe State of Bihar

                      IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                              CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.14863 of 2026
                       Arising Out of PS. Case No.-267 Year-2025 Thana- DAUDPUR District- Saran
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                 Ranjana Kumari D/o Abhay Bahadur Singh R/o Village - Sadhpur, P.S -
                 Daudpur, District - Saran
                                                                      ... ... Petitioner/s
                                              Versus
                 The State of Bihar
                                                               ... ... Opposite Party/s
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                 Appearance :
                 For the Petitioner/s     :       Mr. Indu Bhushan, Adv.
                 For the Opposite Party/s :       Mr. Ajay Mishra, APP
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                 CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK KUMAR SINHA
                                       ORAL ORDER

3   29-04-2026                  Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned

                   APP for the State.

                                2. The petitioner apprehends her arrest in connection

                   with Daudpur P.S. Case No.267 of 2025, registered for the

                   offence under Sections 420,467,468,471,120(B) of the I.P.C

                                3. Prosecution case in short is that, the informant

                   alleges that Panchayat teacher Ranjana Kumari acting in

                   collusion with the then-prevailing recruitment unit and other

                   unidentified individuals fabricated a mark-sheet; subsequently,

                   by utilizing this forged document as genuine, she fraudulently

                   secured employment through a criminal conspiracy to illegally

                   obtain an appointment. Accordingly, the FIR.

                                4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that

                   petitioner is innocent and has committed no offence and she has

                   falsely been implicated in this case. Learned counsel appearing
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          on behalf of the petitioner submits that petitioner is a lady of

          clean antecedent and till date no departmental proceeding was

          initiated against her. Learned counsel for the petitioner next

          submits that one Nilam Kumari similarly situated as the

          petitioner has been granted privilege of anticipatory bail vide

          order dated 24.02.2026 passed in Cr. Misc. No.10729 of 2026.

                       5. The learned APP opposes the anticipatory bail

          application.

                       6. On the same allegation another FIR was lodged

          bearing Rasulpur P.S. Case No.181 of 2025 in which the

          accused was one Nilam Kumari. Even Nilam Kumari was

          alleged to have obtained job of Government Teacher on the

          basis of forged document. Similar allegation has also been

          levelled against the petitioner of this case. Nilam Kumari

          similarly situated as the petitioner has been granted privilege of

          anticipatory bail vide order dated 24.02.2026 passed in Cr.

          Misc. No.10729 of 2026.

                       7. Under these circumstances and also taking into

          account the fact that the petitioner is a lady of clean antecedent

          and till date no departmental proceeding has been initiated

          against her, I am also inclined to grant privilege of anticipatory

          bail to the petitioner.
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                                 8. Accordingly, the petitioner above named, in the

                    event of her arrest or surrender before the learned Court below

                    within a period of six weeks, is directed to be released on

                    anticipatory bail on her furnishing bail-bonds in the sum of

                    Rs.10,000/-(Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like

                    amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Judicial

                    Magistrate, Ist Class, Saran, Chapra in connection with Daudpur

                    P.S. Case No.267 of 2025, subject to the conditions laid down

                    under Section 482(2) of the Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita

                    and with following conditions:

                                 (i)    the     petitioner      shall    co-operate   in   the

                    investigation/trial.

                                 (ii) the learned Court would, however, verify the

                    criminal antecedent of the petitioner and in case it is found that

                    the petitioner has concealed her criminal antecedent, the Court

                    below shall take step for cancellation of bail bond of the

                    petitioner. However, it is expected that the verification process

                    would be done expeditiously without causing any delay.


                                              (Alok Kumar Sinha, J)

Prakash Narayan
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