Begusarai v. The State of Bihar

: : : For the Opposite Party/s : ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA SHEKHAR JHA ORAL ORDER Mr. Ajay Kr. Thakur, Adv Mr. Shivam, Adv Mr. Purushottam Kumar, Adv Dr. Mrityunjaya Kr.Gautam, APP 2 07-07-2026 Heard the parties.

The petitioner is named in the F.I.R. and apprehending his arrest in connection with Muffasil P.S. Case No. 84/2026 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 318(4), 223, 111(2), 3(5) and 61(2) of the BNS and Sections 10(1) and 11(1) of the Bihar Public Examination Act, 2024.

As per FIR, petitioner along with other co-accused persons alleged to help the co-accused by adopting unfair means, who was bonafide candidate of the Assistant Education Development Officer examination through electronic devices from the outside campus, while sitting along with co-accused persons inside four- wheeler.

It is submitted by Mr. Ajay Thakur, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner that out of previous enmity petitioner was implicated with the present crime in question. In this connection, it is submitted that as this petitioner was roommate of the Manish Kumar, who was the candidate, he named this petitioner due Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.42842 of 2026(2) dt.07-07-2026 to rental disputes. It is submitted that Manish Kumar specifically named six persons helping him by sitting in a car outside the examination centre, but after raid only four person were arrested from the car except this petitioner and there is no such allegation that this petitioner fled away seeing police from the car, which is sufficient to suggest that petitioner was not present even near to the place of occurrence. It is submitted that the allegation suggest only suspicion against this petitioner qua his involvement for adopting unfair means in the examination. Petitioner claimed clean antecedent.

Learned APP opposes the prayer of bail.

In view of aforesaid factual submission and by taking note of fact as only four persons were found inside the car after raid at the place of occurrence on the basis of statement of co-accused Manish Kumar, accordingly petitioner above-named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the court below within a period of four weeks, is directed to be released on bail, furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned ACJM-I, Begusarai/concerned Court, where the case is pending in connection with Muffasil P.S. Case No. 84/2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of BNSS. (Chandra Shekhar Jha, J) S.Tripathi/- U T