IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.72938 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-544 Year-2025 Thana- GARKHA District- Saran ======================================================

Anil Kumar Sharma @ Anil Sharma S/o Late Shiv Nath Sharma R/o Village - Murthan, P.O - Parmanandpur, P.S - Sonepur, District - Saran at Chapra, Pin - 841101, Then Panchayat Sachiv, Garkha Block, P.S - Garkha, District - Saran at Chapra, Pin - 841311 ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ======================================================

Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Jeetendra Narayan, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Madan Kumar, APP ======================================================

CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER

4 19-01-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. Petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 338, 336(3), 340(2), 316(2), 316(5) and 318(4) of B.N.S., 2023.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and the informant alleges that an amount of Rs.43,79,850/- has been misappropriated without doing any government work by the Mukhiya along with other accused persons.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner being Panchayat Secretary has been falsely implicated in the instant case without holding a proper investigation. It is further submitted that Nikhat Praveen has moved this Court seeking anticipatory bail by filing Criminal Miscellaneous No.66936 of 2025 and the same came to be allowed by an order dated 19.01.2026 relying on Letter No.103, dated 23.06.2025, issued by the D.D.C., Saran, Chapra. It is further submitted that case of the petitioner is similar to the case of Nikhat Praveen. It is also submitted that petitioner will not abscond rather will cooperate in the investigation to prove his innocence.

5. Learned APP opposes the anticipatory bail application.

6. Considering the submissions made by learned counsel for the petitioner, let petitioner, above-named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned trial court within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned trial court where the case is pending/Successor Court in connection with Garkha P.S. Case No.544 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of B.N.S.S.

7. However, it is made clear that in the event, if any application is filed by the Investigating Officer before the learned Trial Court bringing to its notice that petitioner, despite giving assurance to this Court, is not cooperating in the investigation, the learned Trial Court shall be at liberty to cancel the bail bond of the petitioner after recording reasons. 8. Let a copy of this order be sent to the concerned Police Station through the learned Trial Court.

(Satyavrat Verma, J)

Sanjay/-

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