IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.161 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-77 Year-2025 Thana- MARAUNA District- Supaul ====================================================== Vinayak Kumar @ Vinayak Yadav S/O Shivanand Yadav R/O Village- Kushmaul, Ward No. 7, P.S- Maurana, District- Supaul. ... ... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State of Bihar 2. XX D/O Raja Ram Yadav, W/O Rajesh Yadav R/O Village- Kushmaul, Ward No. 7, P.S- Marauna, Distt.- Supaul. ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Jitendra Kumar Bharti, Mr. P.K. Jha, Ms. Nitu Kumari, Advocates For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Mithlesh Kumar Khare, A.P.P. For the O.P. No. 2 : Mr. Manish Kumar No. 13, Mr. Rohit Kumar, Ms. Shreya, Advocates ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 20-01-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, opposite party no. 2 and the State. 2. Petitioner apprehends arrest in case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 126(2), 115(2), 75, 79, 352, 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Sections 8 and 12 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act. 3. At the outset, learned counsel for the opposite party no. 2 submitted that petitioner has been declared absconder and process of Section 84 of the BNSS. has been initiated against him to ensure his appearance in the Court as such petitioner is not entitled to the relief of anticipatory bail (Lavesh v. State Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.161 of 2026(2) dt.20-01-2026 2/2 (NCT of Delhi) (2012) 8 SCC 730, State of MP v. Pradeep Sharma (2014) 2 SCC 17, Prem Shankar Prasad v. State of Bihar 2021 SCC OnLine SC 955). 4. Considering the aforesaid development, petition for pre-arrest bail of petitioner is dismissed as not maintainable. Navya/- (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) U T