Shrawan Kumar @ Sharvan KumarversusThe State of Bihar

                      IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                              CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.73018 of 2025
                        Arising Out of PS. Case No.-147 Year-2023 Thana- KOTWALI District- Patna
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                 Shrawan Kumar @ Sharvan Kumar Son of Sri Vijay Prasad Sharma R/o
                 Village - Modi, Ward no. 6, P.S. - Sultanganj, District - Bhagalpur(Bihar).
                                                                               ... ... Petitioner/s
                                                     Versus
           1.     The State of Bihar.
           2.    The Hon'ble High Court at Judicature at Patna through its Registrar Patna
                 High Court, Patna.
           3.    The Registrar General, Patna High Court, Patna.
                                                        ... ... Opposite Party/s
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                 Appearance :
                 For the Petitioner/s     :        Mr.Vinay Mistry, Advocate
                 For the Opposite Party/s :        Mr.Ajay Kumar Jha, APP
                 For the PHC              :        Mr. Ashhar Mustafa, Advocate
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                 CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA SHEKHAR JHA
                                       ORAL ORDER

4   09-02-2026                  Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the

                   petitioner and learned APP appearing on behalf of the State.

                                2. The petitioner seeks bail in connection with Kotwali

                   P.S. Case No. 147 of 2023 registered for the offence under

                   Sections 419, 420, 467, 468 & 471 of the Indian Penal Code.

                                3. The accused/petitioner is named in the F.I.R. and is

                   in custody since 30.06.2025.

                                4. As per FIR, petitioner cheated two apprehended co-

                   accused persons for Rs. 10,000/- on pretext of providing job with

                   Patna High Court.

                                5. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner

                   submitted that the entire basis of implication appears on the basis
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          of disclosure statement of apprehended co-accused, namely Sintu

          Kumar, on the basis of which, it appears that the petitioner was

          introduced with the vendor Asks e-Governance Services, which

          was working with the Digitization Cell of Patna High Court.

          Petitioner himself is a victim of the occurrence. It is pointed out

          that these statement, nowhere suggest on its face that petitioner

          offered any employment with Patna High Court directly against

          cash.

                       6. Arguing further, it is submitted that the allegation

          prima facie, nowhere suggest that it is a case of cheating and the

          persons, who appears to cheated were made co-accused in present

          case i.e Subhash Chandra and Sintu Kumar and, moreover, there

          is no allegation against petitioner to create any forged document in

          terms of the disclosure of the co-accused.           While concluding

          argument, it is submitted that investigation of this case is already

          completed, for which charge-sheet has been submitted, as such,

          there is no chance of tampering with the evidence and, moreover,

          petitioner is a man of clean antecedent.

                       7. Mr. Ashhar Mustafa, learned counsel appearing for

          the Patna High Court, while opposing the prayer of bail submitted

          that petitioner found actively involved in the occurrence.

                       8. Considering the aforesaid factual submissions and by
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                        taking note of fact as prima facie the allegation not appears

                        convincing qua ingredients of cheating and impersonation, where

                        prima facie the allegation to create forged document not appears

                        available against petitioner, coupled with the fact that investigation

                        of this case is already completed, where petitioner remains in

                        custody since 30.06.2025, accordingly, petitioner above named, is

                        directed to be released on bail in connection with Kotwali P.S. Case

                        No. 147 of 2023, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees

                        Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the

                        satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Patna/concerned

                        Court, subject to the conditions as mentioned under Section

                        437(3) of the Cr.P.C./Section 480(3) of BNSS.



                                              (Chandra Shekhar Jha, J)
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