Vishwanath Shah @ Bishwnath Sah v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.11537 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-113 Year-2020 Thana- SARAI District- Vaishali ====================================================== VISHWANATH SHAH @ BISHWNATH SAH Son of Late Hiralal Shah R/o Village- Sarai, P.S.- Sarai, District - Vaishali ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

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

Mr.Narendra Kumar Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 30-03-2022 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

Learned counsel for the petitioner undertakes to remove the defects within four weeks of resumption of normal court functioning. In the eventuality of non-removal of defects within stipulated time, office will place the matter before the Bench. The petitioner seeks bail in connection with Sarai P.S. Case No.113/2020, registered for the offence punishable u/s 354B of the IPC and sections 8 and 10 of POCSO Act, 2012. Earlier, the prayer for bail of this petitioner was rejected vide order dated 09.03.2021 passed in Cr. Misc. No.39750 of 2020 by this Court with a liberty to renew the prayer for bail after framing of charge.

The petitioner has now filed this application for bail.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.11537 of 2022(2) dt.30-03-2022 2/2 It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that charge has been framed against the petitioner. This fact is also supported by Annexure-3 to this application.

However, considering the serious nature of offence, I am not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner named above. The prayer for bail is hereby rejected.

Accordingly, this application stands dismissed. (Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) pallavi/- U T