Ankit Raj @ Ankit Chaurasia v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.17439 of 2021 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-106 Year-2020 Thana- NAYAGAON District- Saran ====================================================== ANKIT RAJ @ ANKIT CHAURASIA Son of Khilari Chaurasia @ Devendra Chaurasiya Resident of Village- Hasanpur, P.S.- Nayagaon, District- Saran. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Anuj Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Dr. Ajit Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PARTHA SARTHY ORAL ORDER 28-09-2021 Heard learned counsel for the parties.

The petitioner has preferred this application for grant of regular bail in a case registered under sections 376, 420 and 406 of the Indian Penal Code and section 66(c) of the I.T Act. As per the prosecution case, it is stated by the informant that the petitioner established physical relations forcibly with her, made a video of the same and thereafter started to exploit her. She finally states that now he refuses to keep her with him.

It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the case. From perusal of the material that has transpired in course of investigation and which has also been referred to in the order of the learned trial Court it would transpire that the informant was

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.17439 of 2021(3) dt.28-09-2021 2/2 married to one Om Prakash Singh six years ago. The allegations in the FIR are false on the face of it would be evident from the contents thereof wherein she states that the petitioner refuses to keep her with him. The petitioner is in custody since 24.7.2020 and has no criminal antecedent.

The application for bail is opposed by learned APP for the State who submits that the allegations against the petitioner has been supported by the informant in her statement under section 164 Cr.P.C.

Having heard learned counsel for the parties and taking into consideration the submissions made on behalf of the petitioner together with the petitioner having remained in custody for over one year, the Court directs the petitioner to be enlarged on bail in connection with Nayagaon P.S. Case no. 106 of 2020 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Saran at Chapra.

(Partha Sarthy, J) Prakash/- U