Patna High Court – Orders
Umesh Kumar Singh vs The State Of Bihar on 15 July, 2026
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.31315 of 2026
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-345 Year-2025 Thana- EKMA District- Saran
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Umesh Kumar Singh S/o- Mahesh Prasad Singh R/v- Hansrajpur,P.S. - Ekma,
Dist- Saran
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
1. The State of Bihar
2. The Vigilance Investigation Bureau, Patna Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Deepak Kumar, Advocate
For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Ajay Mishra, APP
For the Vigilance : Mr. Arvind Kumar, Spl.P.P.
: Mr. Paritosh Parimal, Advocate
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RITESH KUMAR
ORAL ORDER
3 15-07-2026
Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner, the
learned counsel for the Vigilance and the learned APP for the
State.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in
connection with Ekma P.S. Case No. 345 of 2025, for allegedly
having committed offence under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471
and 120(B) of the IPC.
3. As per the prosecution story, which has been
lodged on the basis of the written report submitted by the
Deputy Superintendent of Police, Vigilance Investigation
Bureau, Patna addressed to the S.H.O., Ekma Police Statoin to
the effect that in view of the orders passed by the Hon’ble Patna
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High Court in C.W.J.C. No. 15459 of 2014, the educational
certificate of teachers were being examined and during course of
examination of the documents of the petitioner, which was
provided by the District Programme Officer (Establishment) at
Saran, it was found that the petitioner was employed as a
Teacher in 2006 and is posted at Primary School, Mathanpura. It
was further alleged that the appointment of the petitioner was
made on the basis of his testimonials and teachers training
marks. The teachers training mark-sheet/certificate of the
petitioner was sent for verification of its genuineness before the
Secretary/Examination Controller, Office of Registrar,
Departmental Examination, Uttar Pradesh at Allahabad by the
Vigilance Investigation Bureau, Bihar, Patna vide letter no. 5675
dated 14.05.2025. Upon information provided by the Registrar,
Departmental Examination, Uttar Pradesh at Allahabad, the said
certificate was found to be forged and fabricated.
4. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits
that on the basis of the said verification, the present first
information report was lodged. He submits that the petitioner
was appointed as a teacher in the year 2006, after verification of
all his testimonials/documents and till date, no doubt was ever
raised with regard to genuineness of his documents, which was
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submitted by him at the time of his appointment. He further
submits that all of a sudden, the first information report was
lodged and before that, no notice or show cause was given to
the petitioner to the effect that his basic training certificate has
been found to be fake, which is in complete violation of the
principles of natural justice. He further submits that the first
information report has been lodged without even hearing the
petitioner and his certificate has been declared to be forged and
fabricated, without the petitioner being afforded any
opportunity. He further submits that the petitioner seriously
disputes the report submitted by the Examination Department of
Uttar Pradesh at Allahabad with regard to his certificate being
found to be forged and fabricated. He further submits that in the
report, which has been submitted by the Secretary, Examination
Regulation Authority, Uttar Pradesh, Prayagraj, the name of six
persons are there, whose certificates have been found to be
forged and fabricated. He further submits that at serial no.1, the
name of Nimal Kumari @ Nilam Kumari is there, whose
certificate was also found to be forged and first information
report was lodged against her. She filed anticipatory bail petition
before this Hon’ble Court bearing Cr. Misc. No. 10729 of 2026
and the same was heard and allowed vide order dated
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24.02.2026 passed by a Hon’ble Single Judge of this Hon’ble
Court. He further submits that one Kumari Soni, who name
appears at serial no.5 along with the petitioner, whose certificate
has been found to be forged, also filed anticipatory bail petition
before this Hon’ble Court bearing Cr. Misc. No. 32043 of 2026.
The said anticipatory bail petition has been allowed by a
Hon’ble Single Judge of this Hon’ble Court vide order dated
13.05.2026. He further submits that one Ranjana Kumari, whose
name is mentioned at serial no. 6, along with the petitioner in
the report of the Secretary of Uttar Pradesh, Prayagraj, whereby
the certificate of petitioner and 6 others were found to be forged.
The said Ranjana Kumari filed anticipatory bail petition before
this Hon’ble Court bearing Cr. Misc. No. 14863 of 2026 and the
same was allowed by a Hon’ble Single Judge of this Hon’ble
Court vide order dated 29.04.2026. He further submits that since
similarly situated persons have been granted the privilege of
anticipatory bail, the petitioner also deserves the same parity.
He further submits that the petitioner has got a clean antecedent.
5. Per contra, the learned counsel for the Vigilance
Investigation Bureau submits that the certificate of the petitioner
and five other persons were found to be forged and the same has
been communicated vide letter no. 806 dated 08.01.2025, issued
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under the signature of the Registrar, Examination Regulatory
Authority, Uttar Pradesh, Prayagraj and on the basis of same,
first information report has been lodged. He further submits
that pursuant to order passed by this Hon’ble Court in C.W.J.C.
No. 15459 of 2014 (PIL), the certificates of petitioner and others
teacher, who were appointed in between 2006 to 2015 were
being verified. He further submits that during verification, the
certificate of the petitioner was found to be forged and
fabricated. He further submits that similarly situated teachers
filed bail petition before this Hon’ble Court and the same was
rejected vide order dated 27.02.2024 passed in Cr. Misc. No.
58684 of 2023 and against the said order SLP (Crl.) No. 6560 of
2024 was filed before the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India. The
same was rejected vide order dated 25.07.2024. He further
submits that one Soni Kumar filed anticipatory bail petition
before this Hon’ble Court bearing Cr. Misc. No. 63847 of 2025
and vide order dated 01.12.2025, the same was rejected and was
affirmed by the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India in S.L.P. (Crl.)
No. 270 of 2026 vide order dated 16.03.2026. He further
submits that the petitioner was appointed on a forged document
and therefore, he does not deserve the privilege of anticipatory
bail.
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6. The learned APP for the State vehemently
opposes the prayer for bail of the petitioner.
7. Having heard the rival submissions and after going
through the records, it appears that despite opportunity granted
by the Hon’ble Division Bench of this Court to such teachers to
resign on their own, who were appointed on the basis of forged
documents, the petitioner choose not to resign and he continued
to draw the monetary benefits as a teacher. The allegation
against the petitioner appears to be serious in nature and he did
not resign on his own, despite opportunity granted to him by the
virtue of the order of the Hon’ble Division Bench and he
continued to draw the monetary benefits as a Block/Panchayat
Teacher. Now, in 2025 it has been found that his educational
qualification was forged. Further a learned Co-ordinate bench
vide order dated 18.01.2024 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 78970 of
2023 (Sanjeev Kumar Raman vs. The State of Bihar) has
rejected the Anticipatory Bail petition. Similar view was taken
by a learned Co-ordinate bench vide order dated 27.02.2024
passed in Cr. Misc. No. 58684 of 2023 (Punita Devi vs. The
State of Bihar & Ors.). The order dated 27.02.2024 has been
affirmed by the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India in SLP (Crl.)
No. 6560 of 2024 vide order dated 25.07.2024. So far the orders
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relied upon by the petitioner i.e. Cr. Misc. No. 32043 of 2026,
Cr. Misc. No. 14863 of 2026 and Cr. Misc. No. 10729 of 2026
are concerned, this Court finds that while granting the privilege
of anticipatory bail, the orders passed by the Hon’ble Supreme
Court of India, whereby the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India
was pleased to affirm the orders passed by this Hon’ble Court,
whereby the anticipatory bail petition/regular bail petition of the
petitioners were rejected, were not brought to the notice of the
Hon’ble Co-ordinate Benches of this Court and therefore, the
petitioner cannot be allowed parity in terms of the orders
referred to above. Considering the facts and circumstances of
the case, the anticipatory bail petition of the petitioner is
rejected.
(Ritesh Kumar, J)
AjayMishra/-
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