The court permits pre-arrest bail based on the petitioner's fair antecedents and resignation amid forgery allegations.

CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH KUMAR ORAL ORDER

2 28-01-2026 Heard the learned Advocate for the petitioner and the learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends her arrest in connection with Shambhuganj P.S. Case No. 203 of 2025, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 420 , 467, 468, 471 and

120(B) of the Indian Penal Code .

3. The accusation against the petitioner is of procuring her appointment on the post of Panchayat Teacher by submitting forged and fabricated certificate.

4. Learned Advocate for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner was duly appointed as a Panchayat Teacher long back in the year 2013, after following all the due process. At the time of her appointment, all the certificates were duly verified but at no point of time, any such allegation has been levelled.

However, in compliance with the order of this Court in CWJC No. 15459 of 2014, the certificates of all the Panchayat Teachers were duly verified by the Vigilance and later on, the certificates submitted by the petitioner along with some other candidates have been suspected to be forged and fabricated. In fact, the petitioner is herself the victim of the circumstances and coming to know about the institution of the present case, she tendered her resignation on 03.12.2025. The petitioner is a woman, having fair antecedent, undertakes that she will fully co-operate in the investigation and the proceeding of the Court.

5. On the other hand, learned Advocate for the State opposed the pre-arrest bail application and submits that there is specific accusation that the petitioner has procured the appointment, based upon the forged certificate and in this way caused loss to the government exchequer, by realizing salary for the period she discharged the duty illegally.

6. Having considered the submissions advanced by learned Advocate for the respective parties and taking note of the fact that the petitioner was appointed long back in the year 2013 and now she has already tendered her resignation, moreover, the genuineness of the certificates are subject matter of the trial, besides the fact that the petitioner is a woman, having fair antecedent, let the petitioner above named be released on bail, in the event of her arrest or surrender before the court below within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order, upon furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned C.J.M., Banka in connection with Shambhuganj P.S. Case No. 203 of 2025, subject to the conditions laid down in Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita , 2023 with the further condition that one of the bailors shall be the own/close family members of the petitioner.

(Harish Kumar, J)