IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.2186 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-118 Year-2025 Thana- KHUDAGANJ District- Nalanda ====================================================== Rohit Kumar, S/O Surendra Chaudhary, R/O village - Khodaganj, P.S. - Khudaganj, Dist. - Nalanda. ... ... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State of Bihar 2. Dev Nanti Devi, W/O Raj Nandan Yadav, R/O village – Vishnu Bagicha Khudaganj, P.S. - Khudaganj, Dist. - Nalanda. ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Dilip Kumar Roy, Adv. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Arun Kumar Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE KHATIM REZA ORAL ORDER 4 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 Khudaganj P.S. Case No. 118 of 2025 dated 30.07.2025 registered for the offence punishable under Sections 64(2), 127 and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. 3. The allegation against the petitioner is that he has committed rape of the daughter of the informant. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has been falsely implicated in this case. It is submitted that there is specific allegation of rape against the petitioner in the statement of the victim Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.2186 of 2026(4) dt.19-03-2026 2/2 recorded under Section 183 of the B.N.S.S.. The petitioner is in custody since 31.07.2025, having no criminal antecedent 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. 6. Since there is specific allegation against the petitioner in the statement of the victim recorded under Section 183 of the B.N.S.S., I am not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner at this stage. 7. Accordingly, the prayer of the petitioner for grant of bail is rejected. 8. The learned Trial Court is directed to take all endeavour to conclude the trial at the earliest, preferably, within one year from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order without granting any unnecessary adjournment. 9. This application stands dismissed. prabhat/- (Khatim Reza, J) U T