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2025 DAILYLAW 18079 (PAT)

Lootan Pandey @ Lutan Pandey v. The State of Bihar

CR. MISC./9517/2025 · 2025-02-19

Sandeep Kumar

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.9517 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-321 Year-2024 Thana- RAXAUL District- East Champaran ====================================================== Lootan Pandey @ Lutan Pandey son of Vipin Panday Resident of village- Kharakatva, Post- Ramgarwa P.S. - Palanva, Dhanahar dihuli, Ramgarhwa, East Champaran ... ... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State of Bihar 2. Kiran Kumari Daughter of Anil Kumar village- Koiriya tona, Ward no. 25, Dist- Raxaul, East Chamapran ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Abhishek Ranjan, Adv For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Ajit Kumar, App ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SANDEEP KUMAR ORAL ORDER 2 19-02-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State. 2. The petitioner seeks bail in connection with Raxaul P.S. Case No. 321 of 2024 registered for the offence punishable under Sections 78(2), 79, 64(1), 351(2) of BNS, 2023. 3. As per the prosecution case, the petitioner had established a relationship with the victim girl and thereafter started blackmailing her. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has committed no offence. He has been falsely implicated in this case. The petitioner is in jail since 07.09.2024. He was caught by the railway police in the train Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.9517 of 2025(2) dt.19-02-2025 2/2 while misbehaving with the victim when she was going to appear in an exam. 5. Learned APP appearing for the State opposes the prayer for regular bail of the petitioner. 6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case and submissions of learned counsel for the parties, I am not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner and therefore, the present bail application is hereby rejected. 7. The trial is directed to be expedited. kiran/- (Sandeep Kumar, J) U T