IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.46351 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-125 Year-2025 Thana- BEGUSARAI TOWN District- Begusarai ====================================================== Lalan Paswan S/o- Ram Balak Paswan Village- Lakho Chaki Tola, P.S.- Lakho, District- Begusarai ... ... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State of Bihar 2. Renu Devi w/o mukesh mahto village new chanakya nagar ward no. 30 P S Town Nagar Dist Begusarai ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Yogesh Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Anil Kumar Singh No. 1, APP For the Informant : None ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RUDRA PRAKASH MISHRA ORAL ORDER 4 08-10-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State. Perused the case diary. None appears on behalf of the informant despite notice being validly served. 2. The petitioner seeks bail in connection with Town (Nagar) P.S. Case No. 125 of 2025 instituted for the offences under Sections 75, 76 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Section 8 of the POCSO Act. 3. Accusation against the petitioner is of outraging the Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.46351 of 2025(4) dt.08-10-2025 2/3 modesty of the informant’s minor daughter. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner has falsely been implicated in the present case. Learned counsel further submitted that as a matter of fact, the petitioner is a labourer and on the fateful day, he was working in front of the house of the informant and, on a petty dispute regarding throwing of water, hot talk took place between the parties and, in a grudge, the petitioner has been falsely implicated in this case. It has been submitted on behalf of the petitioner that the petitioner is in custody since 29.03.2025 and has no criminal antecedent. 5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of bail to the petitioner stating that the victim in her statement recorded under Section 183 of the Bharatiya Nagarika Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 has supported the contents of the FIR. 6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case as also the period of custody undergone by the petitioner, this Court is inclined to grant bail to the petitioner. 7. Let the petitioner be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 15,000/- (Rupees Fifteen Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Court Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.46351 of 2025(4) dt.08-10-2025 3/3 below/concerned Court in connection with Town (Nagar) P.S. Case No. 125 of 2025. Alok Verma/- (Rudra Prakash Mishra, J) U T