IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.56176 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-86 Year-2024 Thana- DHANAHA District- West Champaran ====================================================== 1. VINAY KUMAR SAHANI S/O SRI GORAKHLAL SAHANI R/O VILLAGE- BADKI DEVIPUR, P.S- DHANAHA, DISTT.- WEST CHAMPARAN. 2. AJIT KUMAR GOND S/O SRI TUFANI GOND R/O VILLAGE- BADKI DEVIPUR, P.S- DHANAHA, DISTT.- WEST CHAMPARAN. 3. SATYENDRA BHARATI S/O SRI SURENDRA RAM R/O VILLAGE- BADKI DEVIPUR, P.S- DHANAHA, DISTT.- WEST CHAMPARAN. ... ... Petitioner/s Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. Chirai Ddevi, w/o Sri Baidyanath sahani r/o vill-badki devipur, ps- dhanaha,dist-west champaran ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s Mr. Umesh Chandra Verma For the State Mr. J.N.Thakur, APP For the informant Mr. Ravi Kumar ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE NAWNEET KUMAR PANDEY ORAL ORDER 9 21-08-2025 Heard the learned counsel for the parties. 2. The petitioners apprehend their arrest for the offences alleged under Sections 341, 294, 354, 355-A, 379, 504 and 506/34 of the Indian Penal Code, registered in connection with Dhanaha P.S. No. 86 of 2024. 3. When the victim was going to her school, the petitioners intercepted her way and caught hold of her and with an evil intention touched her breast and also misbehaved with her. Thereafter when the parents of the victim went to the house Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.56176 of 2024(9) dt.21-08-2025 2/2 of the petitioners to complain, other co-accused persons assaulted them and abused them. For that occurrence, the mother of the victim lodged complaint case. 4. The learned counsel for the petitioners has submitted that the petitioners are innocent and have falsely been implicated. The delay in lodging of the FIR has not been explained. 5. On the other hand, Mr. J.N.Thakur, the learned APP for the State, assisted by the learned counsel for the informant, has submitted that the delay has been explained in the FIR itself. The victim was unmarried girl and the family members were trying to resolve the matter with the assistance of the responsible people of the village. 6. The victim has supported the entire occurrence in her statement under Section 164 of the CrPC. The petitioners do not deserve the privilege of anticipatory bail, which is hereby rejected. HR/- (Nawneet Kumar Pandey, J) U T