IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.57749 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-130 Year-2026 Thana- MAGADH MEDICAL COLLEGE District- Gaya ====================================================== Priyanshu Raj S/O Sanjay Singh Resident of Village- Benipur, PO- Karauta, P.S.- Salimpur, Distt.- Patna, Bihar, Pin- 803202. ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Uday Prasad Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Bharat Bhushan, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AJIT KUMAR ORAL ORDER 2 19-08-2026 Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Magadh Medical P.S. Case No.130 of 2026, F.I.R dated 27.04.2026 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 352, 351(2), 329(4), 338, 336(3), 78, 356(2), 79 and 120(B) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. 3. According to prosecution case, on 26.04.2026, several male students residing in the hostel were celebrating a birthday and creating noise. When some female students objected, the accused allegedly attempted to enter the girls’ hostel but fled after being confronted. Later, at about 10:00 PM, they allegedly contacted students Salini Kumari and Komal Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.57749 of 2026(2) dt.19-08-2026 2/4 Kumari through WhatsApp, abused and threatened them, including threats to circulate adult videos. After the numbers were blocked, fake Instagram accounts were allegedly created and adult videos uploaded using those accounts. At about 1:30 AM, the accused allegedly fled in a black four-wheeler and two motorcycles bearing the stated registration numbers. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has been falsely implicated in the present case. It is next submitted that the mobile number referred to in the F.I.R., the Instagram IDs on which the obscene videos and photographs were uploaded, and the four-wheeler and other vehicle allegedly used in the commission of the offence do not belong to the petitioner. It has further been submitted that the petitioner is pursuing nursing course from G.N.M. Magadh Medical College, Gaya. Lastly, it has been submitted that the petitioner has clean antecedent and undertakes that he will not participate in any such offence and will cooperate with the investigation / Trial. 5. Learned APP for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail application. 6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances that the mobile number, which has been mentioned in the F.I.R. Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.57749 of 2026(2) dt.19-08-2026 3/4 does not belong to the petitioner and the Instagram IDs, on which obscene photographs and videos have been uploaded, has not been created by the petitioner and the petitioner has clean antecedent. Accordingly, this Court is inclined to grant the privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 7. Let the petitioner, above named, in the event of his/her arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of thirty days from the date of receipt of the order, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned A.C.J.M.-V, Gaya, in connection with Magadh Medical P.S. Case No.130 of 2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure / Section 482(2) of the Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and with other following conditions:- (i) one of the bailors should be the family member/relative/known of the petitioner(s) who shall provide official document/personal affidavit to show his/her bona fide; (ii) the petitioner(s) shall appear on each and every date before the Trial Court and failure to do so for two consecutive dates without plausible reason will entail cancellation of his/her/their bail bond by the Trial Court itself; Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.57749 of 2026(2) dt.19-08-2026 4/4 (iii) the petitioner(s) shall in no way try to induce or promise or threat the witnesses or tamper with the evidences, failing which the State shall be at liberty to take steps for cancellation of the bail bonds; (iv) the petitioner(s) shall desist from committing any criminal offence again, and if any such application is made against the petitioner and, upon examination, substance is found in the allegations, the prosecution shall be at liberty to seek cancellation of the bail bonds. sharun/- (Ajit Kumar, J) U T