IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.23738 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-476 Year-2025 Thana- TURKAULIYA District- East Champaran ====================================================== 1. Sanju Devi, W/o Langar Sah 2. Neha Kumari, W/o Manish Kumar Yadav 3. Chameli Devi, W/o Ashok Sharma 4. Ramlal Sah, S/o Late Adalat Sah, 5. Shambhu Paswan S/o Late Yogendra Paswan 6. Awadhesh Sah, S/o Sitaram Sah 7. Surendra Mahto, S/o Late Desai Mahto 8. Anand Jay Yadav, S/o Heerala Yadav, 9. Ruby Devi, W/o Vijay Yada All are resident of Village- Mohabbat Chapra, P.S.-Turkauliya, District-East Champaran. ... ... Petitioners Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Ms. Ranjana Srivastava, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Shailendra Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA SHEKHAR JHA ORAL ORDER 4 14-07-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. 2. The accused/petitioners are named in the FIR and apprehending their arrest in connection with Turkauliya P.S. Case No.476 of 2025 registered under Sections 316(5) read with 3(5) of the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (in short ‘BNS’). 3. As per FIR, Parsurampur PACS of Block- Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.23738 of 2026(4) dt.14-07-2026 2/3 Turkauliya failed to supply CMR equivalent to paddy supplied to it during 2024-25 even after closing/final date i.e. 14.09.2025. The cost of CMR was equivalent to Rs.59, 63,622.03 paise. 4. It is submitted by learned counsel appearing for petitioners that the thrust of allegation is available against Chairman and Manger of the PACS. It is submitted that the allegation against petitioners is general and omnibus, who are members of the Managing Committee. It is submitted that as per practice, all such decisions were under instruction of PACS Chairman and Manager/Director. It is pointed out that no specific allegation is available against these petitioners, where several petitioners are ladies. All petitioners claimed clean antecedent. 5. Learned APP opposed the prayer of bail. 6. In view of aforesaid factual submissions and by taking note of fact as the thrust of allegation is available against PACS Chairman and Manager, where implication of these petitioners transpired out of general and omnibus allegation, being members of the Managing Committee, Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.23738 of 2026(4) dt.14-07-2026 3/3 accordingly, all above-named petitioners, who are of clean antecedent, in the event of their arrest or surrender in the court below within a period of four weeks, are directed to be released on bail, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned C.J.M., East Champaran at Motihari in connection with Turkauliya P.S. Case No.476 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the CrPC/under Section 482(2) of the BNSS. Sanjeet/- (Chandra Shekhar Jha, J.) U T