Usha DeviversusThe State of Bihar

                      IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                              CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.44694 of 2026
                   Arising Out of PS. Case No.-234 Year-2026 Thana- SULTANGANJ District- Bhagalpur
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           1.     Usha Devi Wife of Shymal Kishore Sah Resident of Village- Gangapur, P.S.-
                  Sultanganj, District- Bhagalpur.
           2.    Sangita Devi Wife of Late Kailash Sah Resident of Village- Gangapur, P.S.-
                 Sultanganj, District- Bhagalpur.
           3.    Deepak Kumar S/o Late Bindeshwari Sah Resident of Village- Gangapur,
                 P.S.- Sultanganj, District- Bhagalpur.
                                                                     ... ... Petitioner/s
                                                     Versus

           1.    The State of Bihar Bihar
           2.    Hari Shankar Sah Son of Late Bindeshwari Sah R/o Village- P.S.-Sultanganj,
                 Block-Sultanganj, District- Bhagalpur.

                                                        ... ... Opposite Party/s
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                 Appearance :
                 For the Petitioner/s     :      Mr. Bijendra Kumar, Advocate
                 For the Opposite Party/s :      Mr. Ram Anurag Singh, APP
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                 CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AJIT KUMAR
                                       ORAL ORDER

2   08-07-2026                     Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and

                   learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

                               2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in

                   connection with Sultanganj P.S. Case No.234 of 2026, F.I.R

                   dated 16.04.2026 registered for the offences punishable under

                   Sections 338, 339 and 336 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita,

                   2023.

                               3. According to prosecution case, in brief, is that the

                   informant alleges that the document in question is forged and

                   does not bear his genuine signature. It is further alleged that the
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          petitioners, namely Deepak Kumar, Usha Devi, and Sangita

          Devi, prepared the forged document using the informant's

          address.

                      4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the

          petitioners are innocent and have falsely been implicated in the

          present case. It has further been submitted that the documents

          which is said to have been prepared by these petitioners was

          never signed by these petitioners and they are always ready to

          cooperate with the Investigating Officer, in order to establish the

          genuineness of the documents or the signature, which is

          appended thereon.

                      5. Learned APP for the State opposes the prayer for

          anticipatory bail application.

                       6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances

          and the nature of the dispute involved in the present case.

          Accordingly, this Court is inclined to grant the privilege of

          anticipatory bail to the petitioners.

                       7. Let the petitioners, above named, in the event of

          their arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period

          of thirty days from the date of receipt of the order, be released

          on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand)

          with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of
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                     the learned A.C.J.M., 1st Bhagalpur, in connection with

                     Sultanganj P.S. Case No.234 of 2026, subject to the conditions

                     as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal

                     Procedure / Section 482(2) of the Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha

                     Sanhita and with other following conditions:-

                                  (i) one of the bailors should be the family

                     member/relative/known of the petitioner(s) who shall provide

                     official document/personal affidavit to show his/her bona fide;

                                  (ii) the petitioner(s) shall appear on each and every

                     date before the Trial Court and failure to do so for two

                     consecutive       dates     without      plausible   reason   will   entail

                     cancellation of his/her/their bail bond by the Trial Court itself;

                                  (iii) the petitioner(s) shall in no way try to induce or

                     promise or threat the witnesses or tamper with the evidences,

                     failing which the State shall be at liberty to take steps for

                     cancellation of the bail bonds;

                                  (iv) the petitioner(s) shall desist from committing any

                     criminal offence again, failing which the State shall be at liberty

                     to take steps for cancellation of their bail bonds.



                                                   (Ajit Kumar, J)
sharun/-

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