Patna High Court
Rajeshwar PaswanversusThe State of Bihar
- Decided
- Disposal
- BAIL GRANTED
- Bench
- SATYAVRAT VERMA
Holding
Bail was granted to the petitioner on condition of a Rs.10,000 bond and two sureties of the same amount.
Summary
The petitioner, Rajeshwar Paswan, applied for bail in a case involving alleged offences under Sections 420, 406, 467, 468, 471, 341, 323, 504 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code, relating to a fraud scheme for government jobs. He claimed a clean antecedent, senior citizen status, and that he was falsely implicated by the informant, who himself admitted paying money for a job. The State opposed bail, citing the seriousness of the charges. The court considered the petitioner's personal circumstances, the lack of prior convictions, and the possibility of false implication. It held that bail could be granted subject to a bond and sureties. Consequently, the petitioner was released on bail with a Rs.10,000 bond and two sureties of equal amount.
Issues considered
- Whether bail should be granted in a case involving multiple serious IPC offences including fraud and forgery
- Whether the petitioner's clean antecedent and senior citizen status warrant bail
- Whether alleged false implication by the informant affects the bail decision
Legislation cited
- Indian Penal Code — s. 323, 34, 341, 406, 420, 467, 468, 471, 504
Subjects
- bail
- Indian Penal Code
- fraud
- forgery
- senior citizen
- false implication
- criminal procedure
Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.67739 of 2025
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-102 Year-2024 Thana- SRINAGAR District- West Champaran
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Rajeshwar Paswan S/o Late Motilal Paswan R/o Village - Bagahi
Baghambarpur, P.S - Srinagar, Pujaha, District - West Champaran
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
1. The State of Bihar
2. Ashok Kumar Sharma S/o Late Belash Sharma R/o Village - Tadhwa
Nandpur Ward no.- 1, P.S - Bairiya, District - West Champaran
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Raki Alam, Advocate
For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Ram Naresh Ray, APP
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA
ORAL ORDER
3 25-02-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned
APP for the State.
2. The petitioner seeks bail in a case registered for the
offences punishable under Sections 420, 406, 467, 468, 471,
341, 323, 504 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that
petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and is in custody
since 01.06.2025 and the informant alleges that the accused
persons including the petitioner in the name of getting
government employment took Rs.6,50,000/- from the informant
and similarly collected an amount of Rs.58,95,000/- from 13
persons and gave forged joining letters of Income Tax and
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Railways. Thereafter, a panchayati was held and the accused
persons accepted their guilt based on which an agreement was
entered on a stamp paper that accused will return an amount of
Rs.25,00,000/- by 23.06.2024 and rest amount in installments,
but then the amount was not returned.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that
petitioner has been falsely implicated in the instant case by the
informant. It is next submitted that petitioner is a senior citizen
and has remained a person with clean antecedent. It is also
submitted that even presuming what has been alleged is true
without admitting then the informant and persons similarly
situated like the informant are also culpable of committing an
offence as informant himself accepts that for getting
government job through back door, he paid an amount of
Rs.6,50,000/- . It is submitted that petitioner is denying that he
received any amount from the informant or any other person in
name of giving job but the informant by instituting the instant
FIR accepts that for seeking job through back door, he had paid
some amount which amply demonstrates that an illegality was
committed by the informant and persons like him but then
police in mechanical manner investigates and implicates.
5. Learned APP opposes the bail application.
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6. Considering the submissions made by learned
counsel for the petitioner, let petitioner, above named, be
released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees
Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the
satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Bettiah,
West Champaran in connection with Shrinagar P.S. Case No.102
of 2024.
(Satyavrat Verma, J)
Sanjay/-
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