IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.64488 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-211 Year-2025 Thana- SHEKHPURA District- Sheikhpura =============================================== Sudhir Kumar S/o- Sidheshwar Saw @ Sideshwar Sahu Resident of village and Po- Maldah PS- Barbigha Dist-Seikhpura ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s =============================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Raja Ram Mishra For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Pramod Kumar Pandey =============================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 13-10-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State. 2. The petitioner has preferred this application for grant of regular bail in connection with Sheikhpura P.S. Case No. 211 of 2025 dated 21.07.2025 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 338, 336(3), 340(2), 112(2), 319(2), 318(4), 61(2) read with Section 3(5) of the B.N.S. 3. As per the prosecution case, the informant being Addl. SHO of Sheikhpura Police Station got information that imposter bio-metric operators and bio-metric supervisors have been Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.64488 of 2025(2) dt.13-10-2025 2/4 deployed for manipulation in written examination of police constable examination at Islamiya High School, Sheikhpura. The informant along with police party reached the said school and arrested the imposter, namely, Sikandar Kumar and Sachin Kumar, bio-metric operator with forged Aadhar Card and Identity card. On inquiry, the co-accused Sachin Kumar admitted that he was working in place of real bio-metric operator, Sudhir Kumar (petitioner). The co-accused Prahlad Kumar accepted that as per direction of head of the gang Gorelal Yadav they were working at different examination centers in collusion with the bio-metric operator and Supervisor to facilitate cheating in the examination. It is further alleged that at the instacnes of the apprehended co-accused persons, the other accused persons were also arrested from the vicinity of the Islamiya School. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioners has submitted that the petitioners are innocent and have falsely been implicated in this case. The petitioner had no authority to appoint the bio- metric operator or supervisor on the examination centers. The petitioner himself was working on the basis of daily wage under the contractor of B. Bhose Company and the contractor has snatched the ID Card from the petitioner, before the Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.64488 of 2025(2) dt.13-10-2025 3/4 examination.. He further submits that there are procedure of verification and identification of the persons deployed on the examination centre by the centre administration. He further submits that the disclosure/confession before the police against co-accused has no value in the eye of law. The petitioner has no concern with the alleged occurrence. The petitioner has no criminal antecedent as stated in para 3 of the bail petition. The petitioner is in custody since 21.07.2025. Similarly situated co- accused has already been granted bail by this court vide order dated 18.09.2025 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 64226 of 2025. 5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has opposed the bail petition of the petitioner. 6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case as well as the period of custody, and further considering the fact if the allegation is deemed to be true, no active role has been played by them in the alleged occurrence, the petitioner above-named, is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Court concerned, Sheikhpura in connection with Sheikhpura P.S. Case No. 211 of 2025, with the condition:- (I) The petitioner is directed to remain physically Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.64488 of 2025(2) dt.13-10-2025 4/4 present before the learned Court below on each and every date, failing which on two consecutive dates without reasonable cause, the bail bond of the petitioner is liable to be cancelled. 7. The application stands allowed. guddukr/- (Chandra Prakash Singh, J) U T