Lalitesh Kumar @ Laliteshwar Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.72262 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-13 Year-2025 Thana- AURAI District- Muzaffarpur ====================================================== Lalitesh Kumar @ Laliteshwar Kumar S/o- Jitendra Sahni R/v- Bistha PsAurai Dist- Muzaffarpur ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1.

The State of Bihar 2.

Sitaram Sahni S/o- Late Mahindra Sahni R/v- Bistha Ps- Aurai DistMuzaffarpur ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner :

Mr. Alok Kumar Alok, Advocate For the State :

Mr. Narendra Kumar Singh, APP For the Informant :

Ms. Bela Singh, Advocate Mr. Rajeev Ranjan, Advocate Mr. Aashish Kumar, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 15-01-2026 Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner, learned APP appearing on behalf of the State and learned counsel appearing on behalf of the informant/Opposite Party No. 2.

2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 89, 90, 103(1), 61(2), 352, 351(2), 351(3) and 3(5) of the B.N.S. and Sections 4 and 6 of the POCSO Act.

3. As per prosecution case, it is alleged that all the F.I.R. named accused persons, including this petitioner, took minor daughter of informant to their house and killed her. It is

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.72262 of 2025(3) dt.15-01-2026 2/3 further alleged that prior to the incident, minor daughter of informant was subjected to illicit intercourse by the F.I.R. named accused persons, including this petitioner, as a result of which, she became pregnant and after knowledge about the pregnancy, all the accused persons got her aborted and caused her death.

4. It is submitted by learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner that petitioner is quite innocent and has committed no offence. As a matter of fact, both parties are covillagers and due to village politics, this false and concocted case has been lodged. Petitioner claims clean antecedents.

5. On the other hand, learned A.P.P. for the State and learned counsel for the informant have vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner and submitted that petitioner is named in the F.I.R. with specific accusation that he, along with other F.I.R. named accused persons, made illicit physical relations with minor daughter of informant due to which, she became pregnant and thereafter, all the accused persons got her forcibly aborted as a result of which, she died.

6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, specific and direct nature of accusation and gravity of

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.72262 of 2025(3) dt.15-01-2026 3/3 offence, the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner is rejected.

(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) shashank/- U T