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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.20575 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-395 Year-2025 Thana- NASRIGANJ District- Rohtas ====================================================== Sonu Nat @ Sonu Kumar Son of Vijay Kumar Resident of Village -Bardiha Police Station- Nasriganj District -Rohtas ... ... Petitioner/s Versus
1. The State of Bihar
2. Anshu Mala, S.I. Present Posted mahila Ps Dehri- On-Sone, Ps Dehri on - sone Dist- Rohtas bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Raghunandan Kumar Singh, Adv. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Bharat Bhushan, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV ROY ORAL ORDER 2 08-04-2026 Heard Mr. Raghunandan Kumar Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner and the State.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Nasriganj P.S. Case No. 395 of 2025 for the offence registered under sections 143(1), 145, 111, 296, 3(5) of the BNS and Section 3, 5, 6 of Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act and Sections 4, 8, 13, 14 of the POCSO Act and Section 75, 79 of the Juvenile Justice Act and Sections 16, 17, 18 of the Bounded Labour System Act.
3. As per the FIR, the Police got the information that minor girls are being brought from outside for immoral trafficking and accordingly, a high level team was constituted,
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.20575 of 2026(2) dt.08-04-2026 2/2 raid took place, the minor girls were recovered which followed the FIR.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that his wife is head of an orchestra and nothing immoral is done by those who willingly come to perform their dance.
5. Learned APP, Mr. Bharat Bhushan on the other hand has taken this Court to the order passed by the learned Sessions Judge to show that some of the girls have narrated their ordeal under Section 183 of the BNS and have actually supported the prosecution story.
6. Considering the aforesaid submissions of the parties including the fact that the petitioner has three criminal antecedents under his belt, no case of anticipatory bail is made out.
7. Cr. Misc. No. 20575 of 2026 is rejected.
Vijay Singh/- (Rajiv Roy, J) U T