Aniket Raj v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.20339 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-89 Year-2024 Thana- MAHILA P.S. District- Patna ====================================================== Aniket Raj S/o- Dilip Kumar Village- Prasidh Vihar Colony Karorichak Near Madhu Vatika PS-Phulwarisharif Distt- Patna ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner :

Ms. Khushi Awadh, Advocate For the State :

Mr. Vinod Shanker Modi, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 22-04-2025 Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and learned A.P.P. appearing on behalf of the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 375 and 376 of the Indian Penal Code.

3. As per prosecution case, informant, namely Shivangi Sandilya, met with this petitioner during her job at ICICI Bank. It is alleged that by intoxicating the informant, this petitioner sexually assaulted her and continued the relationship under false pretext of marriage and providing a job for five years and thereafter, this petitioner was supposed to marry the informant in the year 2024 but refused to solemnize marriage and disappeared.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.20339 of 2025(2) dt.22-04-2025 2/3

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 apparent that the 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 and the relationship continued for five years. The same cannot be said to be induced or involuntary. It is not the result of any misconception and as such the same would not amount to rape. Petitioner claims clean antecedent.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner.

6. Considering the nature of accusation, the fact that both parties are major and clean antecedents of the petitioner, the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner is allowed.

7. Accordingly, in the event of arrest/surrender within a period of eight weeks from today, let the above named petitioner 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 Judicial Magistrate First

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.20339 of 2025(2) dt.22-04-2025 3/3 Class, Patna in connection with Mahila P.S. Case No. 89 of 2024, subject to condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S..

(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) shashank/- U T