IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.2163 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-88 Year-2025 Thana- LODIPUR District- Bhagalpur ====================================================== Rangal Yadav, S/o Late Kaleshwar Yadav, R/o Village- Jagarnathpur Gohario, P.S- Lodipur, Dist- Bhagalpur. ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Pankaj Kumar, Adv. For the Opposite Party/s : Dr. Indiwar Kumari, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE KHATIM REZA ORAL ORDER 3 19-03-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P for the State. 2. The petitioner seeks bail in connection with Lodipur P.S. Case No. 88 of 2025 dated 30.04.2025 registered for the offence punishable under Sections 64(1), 62 and 76 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2033. 3. The prosecution case, in short, is that the husband of the informant has been working in Gujarat since last one month. She further stated that on 28.042025 at about 5-6 p.m. in the evening, she was uncovering maize crop at 10 fields away from her house. Then one Ranglal Yadav came there and asked her whether she got Indira Aawas or not, then she did not replied, then he called Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.2163 of 2026(3) dt.19-03-2026 2/3 someone and asked her to talk with the ward member, when informant refused to talk over phone, he caught hold her hand with bad intention, then she tried to escape but she fell down and her blouse got torned. When she stood up and again tried to escape, then Ranglal Yadav caught her and started molesting her. When she started screaming he ran away and even threatened her that if she goes to police station he would kill her. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has been falsely implicated in this case. It is submitted that due to some land dispute some altercation took place between the petitioner and the informant on the date of occurrence. The allegation against the petitioner is that he molested the informant. The victim/informant refused for medical examination by the doctor. The petitioner is in custody since 14.06.2025, having one criminal case against him and charge-sheet has been submitted in the case. 5. Learned A.P.P for the State opposes the prayer for bail of the petitioner and submitted that there is specific allegation of molestation against the petitioner. Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.2163 of 2026(3) dt.19-03-2026 3/3 6. Having considered the facts and circumstances of the case and submissions of learned counsel for the parties, let the petitioner be released on bail upon furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Additional Sessions Judge-I, Bhagalpur in connection with Lodipur P.S. Case No. 88 of 2025. prabhat/- (Khatim Reza, J) U T