IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.35954 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-61 Year-2025 Thana- MAHILA P.S. District- Bhagalpur ====================================================== Raj jayswal @ Chhotu Killa @ Devraj Jayswal S/o Kailash jayswal Resident of Village - Killa Durga Asthan Purani Bazar, Ward No. 11, Kahalgaon, P.S. - Kahalgaon, Dist. - Bhagalpur. ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. V.N.P. Sinha, Sr. Advocate Md. Najmul Hodda, Advocate For the State : Mr. Rana Randhir Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. SONI SHRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 2 08-06-2026 Mr. V.N.P. Sinha, learned senior counsel for the petitioner submits at the outset that due to an inadvertent mistake, the date of surrender has been recorded in para-4 of the bail application as 16.03.2025 in place of 16.03.2026. 2. Heard learned senior counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State. 3. The petitioner seeks bail in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 64, 351(2), 351(3), 79, 78, 3(5) of the BNS and Sections 67(A) and 66(E) of the I.T. Act. 4. As per the prosecution case, the petitioner sexually exploited the informant and started blackmailing her and uploading her nude and obscene videos and photos on social media. 5. Learned senior counsel for the petitioner submits that it would be evident from the First Information Report itself Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.35954 of 2026(2) dt.08-06-2026 2/3 that the informant was having a relationship with the petitioner since the year 2013 and the said relationship was consensual. It has been submitted that subsequently, when the relationship between the petitioner and the informant did not remain cordial, the present allegations of making the videos viral was made against the petitioner. It is further submitted that the victim girl is a major and the present FIR has also been lodged after a delay of about eight days as the last date mentioned in the First Information Report has been stated as 30.09.2025 from which date, she was being threatened. It also appears that the victim had refused a medical examination. The petitioner has been languishing in custody since 16.03.2026 and he voluntarily surrendered without loss of any time immediately after the rejection of his anticipatory bail application by a co-ordinate Bench of this Court. The petitioner undertakes that he would not disturb the girl or her privacy in any manner. 6. Learned APP for the State opposed the bail petition. 7. Taking into consideration the facts and circumstances of the case and also considering that the FIR itself discloses an initial consensual relationship for about five years coupled with the fact that the informant/victim is also a major, let the above named petitioner, be released on bail on furnishing bail Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.35954 of 2026(2) dt.08-06-2026 3/3 bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned A.C.J.M.- IX, Bhagalpur/concerned Court below in connection with Bhagalpur Mahila P.S. Case No. 61 of 2025, subject to condition that:- (i) One of the bailors will be his own blood relative, preferably, father, mother, brother, sister and/or his wife. (ii) The petitioner would not in any way, disturb the informant or her privacy and in case of any substantive complaint by the informant/victim, the learned Court concerned will be at liberty to cancel the bail bonds of the petitioner. priyanka/- (Soni Shrivastava, J) U T