IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.66837 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-33 Year-2025 Thana- MAHILA P.S. District- Araria ====================================================== Parmanand Mandal S/o- Late Ratan Lal Mandal Resident of village- Benga Tola Bidi ward no 06 Ps- Bardaha District- Araria ... ... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State of Bihar 2. Sangita Devi W/o- Niranjan Mandal Village- Benga W.No-6, Ps- Bardaha Dist- Araria ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Gopal Kumar Jha, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Jharkhandi Upadhyay, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 23-09-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. 2. Petitioner apprehends arrest in case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 74, 75, 76, 79, 352, 351(2), 351(3), 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Sections 8, 21 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act. 3. Prosecution case, in brief, is that on 10.07.2025, this petitioner committed indecent acts and outraged modesty of minor daughter of the informant. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is innocent and has committed no offence. Petitioner has falsely been implicated in this case due to land dispute. Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.66837 of 2025(2) dt.23-09-2025 2/2 Petitioner claims clean antecedent. 5. Considering the nature of accusation and gravity of offence, prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner is refused. Navya/- (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) U T