IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.56452 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-244 Year-2022 Thana- PAKRIDAYAL District- East Champaran ====================================================== Shahid Akhtar S/o Muslim Anshari @ Muslin Ansari @ Muslim Ansari Resident of Village- Sitalpur Rajapati /Sitalpur Rajapatti, P.S.- Chakia, District- East Champaran. ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Kundan Rathore Alias Kundan Kumar, Adv. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Ajay Mishra, 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 apprehends arrest in connection with Pakaridayal P.S. Case No. 244 of 2022 lodged on 01.10.2022, for the offence punishable under Sections 419, 420, 467, 468 & 471 of the Indian Penal Code. 3. As per the prosecution, FIR has been lodged against five named accused persons including the present petitioner. It has been alleged in Letter No. 885 dated 06.04.2022 issued by the D.E.O., that during the course of verification of the CTET/BTET certificates of the selected candidates, the certificate submitted by the petitioner was found to be forged and fabricated. Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.56452 of 2026(2) dt.19-08-2026 2/3 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has committed no offence. He submits that the petitioner has submitted original documents with regard to the CTET/BTET examination and without seeking any explanation from the petitioner, the present FIR has been lodged by the authority concerned. Counsel submits that the petitioner did not get job and also not received any financial benefits of salary. Counsel also submits that four similarly situated co- accused persons have already been granted anticipatory bail by the Co-ordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 17.04.2025 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 79214 of 2024. He further submits that the petitioner has clean antecedent and he is ready to fulfill all the conditions whatsoever shall be imposed upon him. 5. Learned APP for the State opposes the prayer for bail of the petitioner but fairly submits that four similarly situated co-accused persons have already been granted anticipatory bail by the Co-ordinate Bench of this Court. 6. As such, in the present facts and circumstances of the case and with a view to maintain the parity, let the above- named petitioner be released on bail, in the event of arrest or surrender before the Trial Court within a period of 4 weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.30,000/- (Rupees Thirty Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.56452 of 2026(2) dt.19-08-2026 3/3 Thousand) as mentioned in Section 2(1)(d) of the B.N.S.S., 2023 to the satisfaction of A.C.J.M-8, East Champaran at Motihari, in connection with Pakaridayal P.S. Case No. 244 of 2022, subject to the conditions as laid down U/s 482(2) of the B.N.S.S., 2023. Divyansh/- (Dr. Anshuman, J) U T