Umesh Paswan v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.60812 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-733 Year-2023 Thana- SASARAM NAGAR District- Rohtas ====================================================== Umesh Paswan S/o Late Bikrama Paswan R/o Village- Niv, P.S.- Shivsagar, District- Rohtas ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Shashi Kant, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Binod Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 15-09-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioner has preferred this application for grant of regular bail in connection with Sasaram (Town) P.S. Case No. 733 of 2023 dated 12.08.2023 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 420, 406, 493, 494, 387 & 376 of the Indian Penal Code.
3. As per the prosecution case, the informant namely Chinta Kunwar after death of her husband, got acquainted with the petitioner, on the pretext of marriage and the petitioner started making physical relationship with her and also started extorting money. When the informant talked about marriage, he started keeping her in the same room with his wife. On
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.60812 of 2025(2) dt.15-09-2025 2/3 18.11.2022, the petitioner made an obscene video of the complainant and borrowed a loan of one lakh twenty thousand rupees. When the informant asked to return her money, he started threatening to kill her and make the obscene video viral and started pressuring the Complainant to give five lakh rupees by selling the land.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. From perusal of the FIR it is reflected that the occurrence is said to have taken place for about 9 years as such there is inordinate delay of nine years in lodging the FIR which makes the prosecution case quite doubtful. The petitioner has no criminal antecedent as stated in para 3 of the bail petition. The petitioner is in custody since 03.06.2025.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has opposed the bail petition of the petitioner.
6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case as well as the period of custody, and further considering the fact that the FIR has been lodged after long interval, the petitioner above-named, is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.60812 of 2025(2) dt.15-09-2025 3/3 learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Rohtas at Sasaram in connection with Sasaram (Town) P.S. Case No. 733 of 2023
7. The application stands allowed.
(Chandra Prakash Singh, J) Siddharth Soni/- U T