IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.65632 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-38 Year-2022 Thana- BHAGWANGANJ District- Patna ====================================================== Santosh Yadav @ Santosh Kumar S/O Ashok Yadav @ Ashok Singh R/O village- Khainiya, PS- Bhagwan Ganj, District- Patna,Bihar ... ... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State of Bihar 2. Bindiya Devi W/O Girija Chaudhary R/O village- Devaria, PS- Bhagwan Ganj, District- Patna,Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Md Fahar Imran, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Anil Prasad Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SANDEEP KUMAR ORAL ORDER 8 02-04-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. 2. The petitioner seeks bail in connection with Bhagwan Ganj P.S. Case No. 38/2022 registered for the offences punishable under Section 376 of Indian Penal Code and Section 6 of POCSO Act. 3. As per the prosecution case, petitioner is accused of establishing physical relationship with the victim, who was a minor. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has falsely been implicated in the case. Learned counsel further submits that he has clean antecedent and he is in Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.65632 of 2025(8) dt.02-04-2026 2/2 custody since 04.04.2022.The petitioner undertakes to co- operate in the case/ trial. 5. Learned APP for the State has opposed the prayer for regular bail of the petitioner. 6. Considering the gravity of the offence as well as the fact that the trial is on the verge of conclusion, this Court is not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner. 7. Accordingly, this application stands dismissed. tusharika/- (Sandeep Kumar, J) U T