IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr. Misc. No.53175 of 2008 Radhika Devi, wife of Suraj Deo Verma, resident of Village Fatehpur, P.S. Fatehpur, district Gaya .. Petitioner Versus The State of Bihar .. Opposite Party **** /3/ 02.03.2009 Heard the counsel for the petitioner, the informant as well as the State. 2. Petitioner, Radhika Devi, is Mukhiya and she has been named as an accused in Fatehpur P.S. Case No 99 of 2007 for offence under Sections 120B, 420, 466, 467, 468, 474 and 477 of the Indian Penal Code. In the complaint petition there is an allegation of tampering with the records and making interpolation in the records in order to appoint a person having lesser mark in place of the informant for some unlawful gains. Counsel for the petitioner submits that after enquiry earlier list of candidates who were appointed in spite of having lesser mark have been cancelled and appointment letter has been issued in favour of the petitioner. 3. Considering this fact and also that similarly - 2 - situated persons, such as, Panchayat Secretary and Panchayat Sevak, have already been granted anticipatory bail, prayer for grant of anticipatory bail on behalf of the petitioner, Radhika Devi, is allowed. She is directed to be released on anticipatory bail, in case of her surrender before the Court concerned within four weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each in connection with Fatehpur P.S. Case No 99 of 2007 to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Gaya, subject to the condition laid down under Section 438(2) of the Criminal Procedure Code. S.A. ( Mridula Mishra, J.)