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Patna High Court – Orders
Vijay Kumar Mandal @ Bijay Kumar Mandal vs The State Of Bihar on 29 August, 2025
Author: Sunil Dutta Mishra
Bench: Sunil Dutta Mishra
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.48777 of 2025
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-37 Year-2024 Thana- SABAUR District- Bhagalpur
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Vijay Kumar Mandal @ Bijay Kumar Mandal S/o Fulchandra Mandal R/o
Village- Badi Jamin, Thana- Goradih, District- Bhagalpur, (Ex-Mukhiya)
Goradih, Panchayat, Murhan, Distt. - Bhagalpur
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Ranjan Kumar Jha, Advocate
For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Parmeshwar Mehta, A.P.P.
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL DUTTA MISHRA
ORAL ORDER
2 29-08-2025
Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and
learned A.P.P. for the State.
2. The petitioner apprehends arrest in connection with
Sabour (Goradih) P.S. Case No.37 of 2024 registered under
Sections 409, 419, 420, 467, 468 and 34 of the Indian Penal
Code.
3. This is the second anticipatory bail application filed
on behalf of the petitioner. Earlier, his prayer for bail was
dismissed as withdrawn vide order dated 30.08.2024 passed in
Cr. Misc. No. 46645 of 2024.
4. As per the prosecution case, the informant who is
Programme Officer, Goradih in the light of letter No.168 dated
25.01.2024 with respect to MNREGA Scheme No.1 to 5
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constituted an enquiry team and they have enquired into the
matter and found that there are irregularity committed by the
Panchayat Rojgar Sewak, Mukhiya of the Gram Panchayat and
the Junior Engineer of Goradih Block, thereafter in the light of
letter No.14189 dated 20.12.2023 issued by the Economic
Offence Unit, Bihar, Patna, the instant F.I.R. has been lodged.
5. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that
petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this
case due to dirty local politics. Further submission is that
petitioner was then Panchayat Rojgar Sewak and has not
defalcated a single government money. He further submits that
there is no specific allegation against the petitioner and the
allegation of irregularity is general in nature. It is submitted that
the DDC-cum-Additional District Programme Officer, Co-
ordinator MNREGA, Bhagalpur after completing enquiry has
fixed responsibility of realization of an amount of Rs. 2,36,557/-
(two lacs thirty six thousand five hundred fifty seven) from the
petitioner and the petitioner has deposited the said amount in the
concerned account of the authority vide NEFT on 18.08.2025
subject to outcome of the final result of the case. It is also
submitted that similarly situated co-accused persons have
already been granted anticipatory bail by this Court vide orders
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dated 22.05.2024, 23.05.2024 and 28.06.2024 passed in Cr.
Misc. Nos. 32026 of 2024, 31911 of 2024 and 41809 of 2024
respectively (Annexure-P/3 series). Petitioner has no criminal
antecedent and he undertakes to cooperate in the investigation
and trial.
6. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for
anticipatory bail.
7. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case
and submissions of learned counsel for the parties, in the event
of arrest or surrender before the Court below within six weeks
from today, the petitioner be released on bail upon furnishing
bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two
sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned
Judicial Magistrate-I, Bhagalpur in connection with Sabour
(Goradih) P.S. Case No.37 of 2024, subject to the conditions
laid down in Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S., 2023
(Sunil Dutta Mishra, J)
utkarsh/-
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