IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.5380 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-398 Year-2022 Thana- MUZAFFARPUR SADAR District- Muzaffarpur ====================================================== Vikash Kumar S/o- Sudhir Kumar Tiwari R/v- Mathanamal Ps- Goraul Dist- Vaishali ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Sanjeev Kumar , Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Brajendra Nath Pandey, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 28-01-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State . 2. Petitioner apprehends arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under section 341 , 448 , 504, 506, 323 and 354 ( D ) of IPC and 67 of I.T. Act. 3 . As per the prosecution case , allegation against this petitioner is of blackmailing the informant by threatening to upload her objectionable pictures and videos on social media , extorting money from her and when informant refused to meet his demand, he uploaded her objectionable videos on social media . 4. From perusal of the record, it appears that petitioner is habitual offender and has got 5 criminal antecedents Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.5380 of 2026(2) dt.28-01-2026 2/2 and that too are of similar nature . 5 . Considering the aforesaid facts, nature of accusation , criminal antecedents of this petitioner and other circumstances of the case , prayer for pre-arrest bail of the petitioner is rejected. Koushik/- (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) U T