Vaibhav Mishra v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.55394 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-205 Year-2020 Thana- KAJI MUHAMMADPUR DistrictMuzaffarpur ====================================================== Vaibhav Mishra S/O Mukesh Mishra Resident of Rahul Nagar, P.S.- Brahmpura, Dist.- Muzaffarpur ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Ms. Renuka Sharma, Advocate Mr. Rajni Kant Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Ram Priya Sharan Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. SONI SHRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 15-11-2025
1. Heard Ms. Renuka Sharma, learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.
2. A prayer for bail has been made on behalf of the petitioner in connection with Kaji Muhammadpur P.S. Case no.205 of 2020 registered under sections 467, 468, 420, 471, 354(a), 354(b), 354(c) and 354(d) of the Indian Penal Code.
3. The allegation in the F.I.R is that the petitioner along with two others intercepted the informant and had taken some obscene photographs of the informant and was threatening to make it viral. It is further alleged that the petitioner also got her signatures on blank papers and the petitioner along with his friend Abhijit Mishra, had created a Facebook account in her name for causing her character assassination.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has been falsely implicated by the present informant on account of some earlier dispute. As a matter of fact the informant had earlier also filed a case against the petitioner bearing
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.55394 of 2025(3) dt.15-11-2025 2/3 Kajimohammadpur P.S. Case No. 274 of 2019 with similar allegations which was found false along with another case filed by the informant's friend being Mithanpura P.S. Case No. 54 of 2019 against the petitioner which was also found false. It has further been contended that the entire allegation of making objectionable photographs viral on Facebook has no legs to stand as even during course of investigation the said allegation is not substantiated and the present case was neither lodged against provisions of the I.T Act nor any charge-sheet has been submitted under the said Act. The petitioner is in custody since 06.04.2025 and undertakes to cooperate in the case/trial.
5. The application for bail is opposed by learned A.P.P. for the State on the ground that there are serious allegation levelled against this petitioner as also petitioner has fifteen criminal antecedents. In response, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that two out of the cases enumerated have already been found false while the petitioner is on bail in other cases.
6. Taking into consideration the above mentioned facts of the case and also considering the fact that the allegations of making the photographs of the informant viral does not get substantiated by the material collected during course of investigation coupled with the fact that the earlier case filed by the informant was also found false and petitioner is in custody
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.55394 of 2025(3) dt.15-11-2025 3/3 since 06.04.2025, the petitioner is directed to be enlarged on bail in connection with Kaji Muhammadpur P.S. Case no.205 of 2020 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned concerned Court where the case is pending/Successor Court, subject to the following conditions:- (I) One of the bailors of the petitioner shall be the family member/close relative of the petitioner. (II) He shall co-operate in the trial and would make himself available on each and every date fixed by the trial Court and in case of non-appearance on any date without any sufficient reason, the learned trial Court is at liberty to cancel the bail bonds. (III) The petitioner would not indulge in any similar kind of offence and also not tampering with evidence. (Soni Shrivastava, J) Harsh/- U T