IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.69996 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-24 Year-2024 Thana- MAHILA P.S District- West Champaran ====================================================== Guddu kumar @ Ranjit kumar Son of Sri Pramod Sah Village- Chuhadi Ps- Chanpatia Dist- West Champaran ... ... Petitioner/s Versus 1 . The State of Bihar 2. Priyanka Devi wife of Sri Mukesh Kumar Village- Chuhadi Ps- Chanpatia Dist- West Champaran ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Sharad Kumar Verma, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mrs. Usha Kumari 1, APP For OP No. 2 : Mr. Sanjeev Kumar , Advocate Mr. Md. Dilshad Alam , Advocate Mr. Sitesh Kashyap, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 07-01-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, op No. 2 and the State . 2. Petitioner apprehends arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under sections 323 , 354, 504, 506 and 34 of the IPC and Section 8 of POCSO Act and 3 (2)(va) of SC and ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. 3 . The prosecution case in brief, is that this petitioner took informant to his house and touched her private parts with wrong intention . The victim in her 164 Cr.P.C. statement Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.69996 of 2024(3) dt.07-01-2025 2/2 has supported the prosecution case . The Court below has assessed the age of the victim as 11 years. 4. Considering the 164 Cr.P.C. statement of the victim and gravity of offence , prayer for pre-arrest bail of the petitioner is rejected. Koushik/- (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) U T