Monu Kumar Singh @ Manu Kumar Singh v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.49387 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-5 Year-2023 Thana- Cyber P.S. District- Saran ====================================================== Monu Kumar Singh @ Manu Kumar Singh S/o Surendra Singh R/o VillageKondh Bhagwanpur, P.O.- Rampur Rudra, P.S.- Panapur, District- Saran at Chapra- 841424 ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr.Jeetendra Narayan, Adv.
For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr.Vinod Shanker Modi, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RUDRA PRAKASH MISHRA ORAL ORDER 08-10-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State. Perused the case diary.
2. The petitioner seeks bail in connection with SaranCyber P.S. Case No. 05 of 2023 instituted for the offences under Sections 353, 354, 384, 504, 506 & 509 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 67-A of the Information Technology Act.
3. As per prosecution case, the accusation against the petitioner is of harassing the informant by way of creating fake facebook account with obscene and abusive language in her name as also of sending obscene videos to her personal mobile.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has committed no offence as alleged
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.49387 of 2025(3) dt.08-10-2025 2/3 against him and has falsely been implicated in the present case with ulterior motive. He further submits that the obscene videos have been uploaded from mobile number 9527097104 which relates to Reamodpulkit Jha and not the petitioner. He further submits that the mobile number of the petitioner being 8379094016 has not been used in publishing or transmitting materials containing sexually explicit act in electronic form and, thus, no case under Section 64-A of the I.T. Act is made out against the petitioner. The petitioner has no criminal antecedent and is languishing in judicial custody since 03.03.2025 without any rhymes or reason.
5. On the other hand, learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of bail to the petitioner, stating that the offence alleged is serious in nature.
6. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and considering the nature and gravity of the offence as also taking into account the materials available in the case diary, this Court is not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner.
7. Accordingly, the prayer for bail of the petitioner, above named, is rejected with a direction to the court below to expedite the trial and conclude the same expeditiously preferably within a period of six months from today. If the trial
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.49387 of 2025(3) dt.08-10-2025 3/3 is not concluded within the period of six months as stated above, the petitioner will be at liberty to renew his prayer before the court below.
(Rudra Prakash Mishra, J) rishi/- U T