Raju Kumar Ranjan @ Raju Ku. Ranjan v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.8250 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-93 Year-2024 Thana- MAHILA P.S. District- Bhagalpur ====================================================== Raju Kumar Ranjan @ Raju Ku. Ranjan S/o- Janardhan Yadav R/o- W.No-11, Sri Rampur Ps- Nathnagar Dist- Bhagalpur ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

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

Mr. Choubey Jawahar, A.P.P.

For the Informant :

Dr. Manoj Kumar, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 29-04-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, informant and the State.

2. Petitioner apprehends arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 69, 115(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.

3. Prosecution case, in brief, is that informant met with this petitioner in the year 2021 and on promise of marriage, they started living together. It is alleged that the relationship between parties continued till the year 2024 and thereafter, petitioner refused to solemnize marriage with the informant.

4. It is submitted by learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner that petitioner is quite innocent and has committed no offence. From bare perusal of the F.I.R. it is

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.8250 of 2025(4) dt.29-04-2025 2/2 apparent that petitioner and informant were major when they came in contact with each other and thereafter, relationship developed between the parties and both of them became intimate. Relationship was consensual and continued for four years. Informant was major and well aware of the consequences of such relationship as such, the same cannot be said to be induced or involuntary. Petitioner claims clean antecedent.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State and learned counsel for the informant vehemently opposed the bail application.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, this anticipatory bail is allowed. Let the above named petitioner in the event of his arrest/surrender before the court below within a period of eight weeks from today, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate-IX, Bhagalpur in connection with Bhagalpur Mahila P. S. Case No. 93 of 2024, subject to condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) Navya/- U T