Satish Paswan v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.80995 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-255 Year-2025 Thana- GRIYAK District- Nalanda ====================================================== Satish Paswan S/O Ashish Paswan R/O Village- Katardih, P.S- Katrisarai, Distt.- Nalanda.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Sunil Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Bhanu Pratap Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RUDRA PRAKASH MISHRA ORAL ORDER 09-02-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Giriak (Katrisarai) P.S. Case No. 255 of 2025 instituted for the offences under Sections 318(4), 319(2), 336(3), 61(2), 338, 340(2), 126(2), 115(2), 132 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Sections 66(c), 66(d) of the I.T. Act.

3. Prosecution case, in short, is that on a secret information that some miscreants are involved in Cyber crime, police raided the place of occurrence and apprehended seven persons, recovered mobile phones, and took them to the police station after they failed to show valid documents.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.80995 of 2025(3) dt.09-02-2026 2/2 petitioner has falsely been implicated in the present case. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that general and omnibus allegation has been made against the petitioner. No specific overt act is alleged against the petitioner. It has been submitted on behalf of the petitioner that the petitioner has no criminal antecedent.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of bail to the petitioner stating that accused persons including the petitioner are involved in the Cyber crime.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case as also nature and gravity of offence, this Court is not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner.

7. Accordingly, the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner is, hereby, rejected.

8. However, if the petitioner surrenders before the learned court below within a period of six weeks from today and prays for regular bail, the same shall be disposed of on its own merit without being prejudiced by this order. (Rudra Prakash Mishra, J) Alok Verma/- U T