Dilip Kumar @ Dilip Paswan v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.50351 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-87 Year-2021 Thana- PIPRAHI District- Sheohar ====================================================== Dilip Kumar @ Dilip Paswan S/O Mahendra Paswan @ Mahindar Paswan R/O Village- Kamrauli, P.S.- Piprahi, Distt- Sheohar ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1.

The State of Bihar Bihar 2.

Neha Kumari D/O Jitu Paswan R/O Vill.- Amba, Ojha Tola, P.S.- Piprahi, Dist.- Sheohar.

... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Jay Ram Prasad, Adv.

Mr.Awnish Kumar, Adv.

Mr.Deepak Kumar, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Anand Kishore Choudhary, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE NAWNEET KUMAR PANDEY ORAL ORDER 27-08-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Piprahi P.S. Case No. 87 of 2021, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 493, 504 & 34 of IPC.

3. The petitioner was earlier granted anticipatory bail by a coordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 20-05-2022 in Cr. Misc. No. 5236 of 2022.

4. The prosecution case in short is that the petitioner established physical relation with the victim for last 3 years, after alluring her to perform marriage. Initially, the case was lodged under section 493, 504/34 of the IPC. Later on, charge sheet was

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.50351 of 2025(2) dt.27-08-2025 2/2 submitted under section 376 and other allied Sections of the IPC as also under the provisions of POCSO Act. It is the reason that the petitioner has applied for grant of anticipatory bail.

5. The learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated due to dirty local politics. He is a person of clean antecedent. He has further relied upon the decisions of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in the cases of Mahendra Prasad Singh vs. State of Bihar, reported in (2004) 3 PLJR 491 and Kunal Chatterjee vs. The State of West Bengal & Ors., reported in SLP (Cr.) 7004 of 2025.

6. Considering the above-mentioned facts and circumstances, the petitioner is directed to surrender before the court below and make a prayer for bail which shall be disposed of in the light of decision of Mahendra Prasad Singh vs. State of Bihar, reported in (2004) 3 PLJR 491.

7. With these observations, the present criminal miscellaneous petition is disposed of.

(Nawneet Kumar Pandey, J) kundan/- U T