IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.56081 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-494 Year-2026 Thana- MAJHAULIA District- West Champaran ====================================================== Pradeep Kumar Pandey Son of Jagdish Narayan @ Jagdish Narayan Pandey Resident of Village- Dhokraha, P.S.- Majhauliya, District- West Champaran at Bettiah ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Sharad Kumar Verma, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Mithlesh Kumar Khare, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DR. ANSHUMAN ORAL ORDER 2 19-08-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending arrest in connection with Majhauliya P.S. Case No. 494 of 2026, dated 03.06.2026, lodged under Sections 420, 468, 471 and 120-B of the Indian Penal Code. 3. As per the prosecution, the FIR has been lodged against the present petitioner and one unknown accused person with an allegation that the petitioner was appointed on the basis of a fake marksheet issued by the Bihar Sanskrit Siksha Board and has been in service since 2006. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has committed no offence. Counsel Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.56081 of 2026(2) dt.19-08-2026 2/3 further submits that the petitioner is ready to resign from the service and, on this ground, bail may be granted to him. 5. Learned APP for the State, on the other hand, opposes the prayer for bail of the petitioner and submits that, in spite of Letter No. 1125, dated 21.04.2022, which was issued in compliance with the order passed in CWJC No. 15459 of 2014, the petitioner has not submitted his resignation. 6. In the facts and circumstances of the case, let the petitioner, above named, be released on provisional bail for three months, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Trial Court within a period of six weeks, on furnishing a bail bond of 30,000/- (Rupees Thirty Thousand Only), as ₹ mentioned in Section 2(1)(d) of the BNSS, 2023, to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bettiah, West Champaran, in connection with Majhauliya P.S. Case No. 494 of 2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the BNSS, 2023, with the further condition that: The provisional bail granted to the petitioner shall be confirmed only upon the deposit of the amount received by him during the period of service from 21.04.2022 to 02.06.2026 (prior to the date of registration of the present FIR), payable to the Office of the District Education Officer, Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.56081 of 2026(2) dt.19-08-2026 3/3 Bettiah, West Champaran within three months. If the petitioner fails to deposit the said amount within the stipulated period of three months, his bail bond shall be cancelled by the Trial Court itself. 7. Accordingly, the present bail application is hereby disposed of. Aman Kumar/- (Dr. Anshuman, J.) U T