IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.89432 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-575 Year-2024 Thana- SIWAN MUFFASIL District- Siwan ====================================================== Masum Ansari @ Masum Raza S/o Tabarak Sulamani @ Tabarak Sulman Resident Of Village- Ramapali Siwan, Post -Chakra, P.s.- Siwan Muffasil, Distt.- Siwan ... ... Petitioner/s Versus 1 . The State of Bihar 2. Runni Devi W/o Raju Prasad Manjhi R/o vill - Ramapali Siwan, Post- Chakra, P.s. - Siwan Muffasil, Distt.- Siwan ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Ajay Kumar Tiwary, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mrs. Usha Kumari 1, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 05-02-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State . 2. Petitioner apprehends arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under sections 126 ( 2 ) , 127 ( 2 ) and 76 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 and sections 3 ( i ) ( r ) ( s) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and seciton 8 of the Protection of chiildren From Sexual Offences Act ( hereinafter referred to as “POCSO Act “). 3 . As per the prosecution case , on the alleged date and time of occurrence , when the minor daughter of the informant had gone to field to attend the call of nature , this petitioner allegedly caught and dragged her and outraged her Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.89432 of 2024(3) dt.05-02-2025 2/2 modesty and when victim protested, this petitioner abused her by caste name . The victim in her statement recorded under Section 183 of BNSS has supported the prosecution case . 4. Considering the statement of the victim recorded under Section 183 of BNSS and gravity of offence , prayer for pre-arrest bail of the petitioner is rejected. Koushik/- (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) U T