Bhaskar Chouhan @ Bhaskar Kumar @ Baskar Chouhan v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.75454 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-185 Year-2024 Thana- RAJPUR District- Buxar ====================================================== Bhaskar Chouhan @ Bhaskar Kumar @ Baskar Chouhan Son of Ajay Chouhan @ Sanjay Kumar Singh Resident Of Village- Sareja, P.S.- Rajpur, District- Buxar ... ... Petitioner/s

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The State of Bihar 2.

Prem Sheela Devi Wife of Lal Babu Chouhan Resident Of Village- Sareja, P.S.- Rajpur, District- Buxar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Manish Rai Sharma,Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mrs.Sharda Kumari, APP For the Informant :

Mr. Shubham Sourav, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PARTHA SARTHY ORAL ORDER 14-11-2024

1. Heard learned counsel for the parties.

2. The petitioner has preferred this application for grant of anticipatory bail apprehending his arrest in connection with Rajpur P.S. Case no. 185 of 2024 registered under sections 354, 504, 506 and 509 of the Indian Penal Code and section 8 of the POCSO Act.

3. As per the prosecution case, the informant states that her sixteen years old daughter disclosed that she was being troubled by petitioner on her way to school. It is further stated that the petitioner forcibly gave her a mobile phone and threatened that if she did not talk to him on the phone, he would kill her father, uncle and brother.

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4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the case. The petitioner was on friendly terms with the daughter of the informant and it was on coming to know about this fact that a false case has been registered. The petitioner has no criminal antecedent.

5. Heard learned A.P.P. for the State.

6. Learned counsel appears for the opposite party no. 2 suo moto and submits that he is filing vakalatnama in Court today which may be taken on record. A copy of the said vakalatnama has been filed online. It is further submitted that as per instructions received, the matter is settled between the parties.

7. Vakalatnama on behalf of opposite party no. 2 is taken on record.

8. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and taking into consideration the allegation against the petitioner in the F.I.R. together with the petitioner not having any criminal antecedent, it is directed that the petitioner above named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of four weeks, be released on anticipatory bail in connection with Rajpur P.S. Case no. 185 of 2024 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.75454 of 2024(2) dt.14-11-2024 3/3 sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Additional District & Sessions Judge-VI-cum-Special Judge, POCSO Act, Buxar.

(Partha Sarthy, J) Harsh/- U T