Ranjit Singh v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.43604 of 2016 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -186 Year- 2015 Thana -BHELDI District- SARAN ====================================================== Ranjit Singh, s/o Sheo Shankar Singh, r/v Dumariya, P.S. Bheldi, Saran at Chapra.

.... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Narendra Kumar For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Sri Shyam Kumar Singh ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR JHA ORAL ORDER 23-11-2016 Heard both sides.

The petitioner apprehends his arrest in Bheldi P.S. Case No. 186/2015, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 376, 511 and 506 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 7, 8 of the POCSO Act.

The petitioner is alleged to have untied the pant of the victim minor girl in order to outrage her modesty. Then she cried and her brother came.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the informant has got enmity with the petitioner. The informant wanted to use his land for drainage and for that a Panchayati was held. During course of the investigation two witnesses, namely Junar Mahto and Parsuram Pandey have stated that the present case has been filed due to previous enmity on account of land

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.43604 of 2016 (3) dt.23-11-2016 2/2 dispute but it appears that the victim who is aged about 7 to 8 years, disclosed about the occurrence and very categorically stated that the petitioner untied her pant with ill-motive and when she started crying, the petitioner fled away.

Considering the facts aforesaid, I am not inclined to enlarge the petitioner above named on anticipatory bail. Accordingly, the same is rejected.

(Prabhat Kumar Jha, J.) Rakhi U T