IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.26943 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-189 Year-2024 Thana- BHAPTIAHI District- Supaul ====================================================== Shankar @ Shankar Mehta@ Shankar Kumar S/O Dev Narayan Mehta R/O Village- Daulatpur, P.S- Bhaptiyahi, Distt.- Supaul, Bihar. ... ... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State of Bihar 2. Arti Kumari W/O Vivekanand Kushwaha, D/O Sahdeo Mehta R/O Village- Simari, Ward No. 01, P.S- Bhaptiyahi, Distt.- Supaul. ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner : Mr. Harsh Vardhan, Advocate For the State : Mr. Awadhesh Kumar Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 06-05-2025 Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and learned APP appearing on behalf of the State. 2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 341, 323, 324, 379, 498A, 376D, 109 and 149 of the Indian Penal Code, Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act and Sections 66(e) and 67 of the I.T. Act. 3. As per prosecution case, on 19.05.2024 in between 10 AM to 11 AM, all five accused persons, including this petitioner, entered into the room and on the instigation of co- accused Vivekanand Kushwaha, all of them made her naked and captured her obscene photographs and thereafter, committed Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.26943 of 2025(2) dt.06-05-2025 2/2 gang rape. During investigation, the victim in her statement has supported the prosecution case. 4. Considering the specific and direct nature of accusation and statement of victim recorded during course of investigation, the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner is rejected. shashank/- (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) U T