Neyaz Ansari v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.38457 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-328 Year-2023 Thana- SIKARPUR District- West Champaran ====================================================== Neyaz Ansari S/o- Noor Alam Ansari Village- Odarwa colony Ps- Shikarpur District- West Champaran ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Bimlesh Kumar Pandey For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Choubey Jawahar ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S. B. PD. SINGH ORAL ORDER 04-07-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Shikarpur P.S. Case No. 328 of 2023 for the offence under Sections 354A, 354C, 354D, 509, 506, 34 of the Indian Penal Code and section 66(E), 67 of the IT Act.

3. As per prosecution case, the petitioner had hacked the mobile phone of the informant and his wife while they were having private moments over their phone and on the basis of said video of private act, petitioner started blackmailing the wife of the informant and later he had made the video viral.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent who has falsely been made accused in the case for committing no offence. He further submits that confessional statement of co-accused was recorded in which he

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.38457 of 2025(2) dt.04-07-2025 2/2 stated that informant's wife herself was talking with the petitioner too. Moreover, the Whatsapp call is protected with several bulwark and the Whatsapp call is end to end encrypted, even Government Officials and Whatsapp authority are not in position to record the contents of such call. There is general and omnibus allegation against this petitioner. Petitioner has been made accused on suspicion.

5. Learned APP opposes the prayer for bail.

6. Keeping in view the aforesaid facts, this Court is inclined to extend him the privilege of anticipatory bail.

7. Let the petitioner be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of this order, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of like amount each to the satisfaction of learned A.C.J.M., 6th , Bettiah, West Champaran in connection with Shikarpur P.S. Case No. 328 of 2023, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C., (S. B. Pd. Singh, J) Ranjeet/- U T