Satyendra Kumar @ Satendra Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.912 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-217 Year-2023 Thana- KOTWA District- East Champaran ====================================================== Satyendra Kumar @ Satendra Kumar S/O Jitendra Das Resident Of VillageKarariya Beragi Tola, P.O and P.S- Kotwa, Distt.- East Champaran. ... ... Petitioner/s
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The State of Bihar 2.
XXX D/O YYY R/O Village- Karaiya Beragi Tola, P.O and P.S- Kotwa, Dist.- East Champaran.
... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Pravin Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mrs. Indu Kumari Srivastava, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 20-04-2026
1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.
2. The petitioner seeks bail in a case registered for the offences punishable under Section 354B of the Indian Penal Code and section 8/12 of the POCSO Act.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and is in custody since 07.10.2025 and the informant alleges that the petitioner entered her house while she was sleeping with her grandmother and tried to commit rape and even touched her inappropriately at inappropriate places, but the informant fled to the home of her relatives.
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.912 of 2026(2) dt.20-04-2026 2/2
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the instant case by the informant. It is next submitted that the statement of the informant was recorded u/s 164 of Cr.P.C. wherein she has not supported the case of prosecution rather has stated that the FIR was instituted at the instance of one Shyamal.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for bail of the petitioner.
6. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner above-named, is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Trial Court where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Kotwa P.S. Case No. 217 of 2023.
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