Md. Shahnawaz Hussain @ ShahnawazversusThe State of Bihar

                      IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                              CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.18577 of 2026
                  Arising Out of PS. Case No.-957 Year-2024 Thana- MADHUBANI COMPLAINT CASE
                                                   District- Madhubani
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                 Md. Shahnawaz Hussain @ Shahnawaz S/O Md. Mustak @ Mustak Resident
                 of Village- Sakri, P.S- Sakri, Distt.- Madhubani.

                                                                           ... ... Petitioner/s
                                                   Versus
           1.    The State of Bihar
           2.    Afsana Khatoon D/O Ali Hasan R/O Village- Sakri, Shebottar Tol, P.S-
                 Sakri, Distt.- Madhubani.

                                                        ... ... Opposite Party/s
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                 Appearance :
                 For the Petitioner/s     :    Mr.Shailendra Kumar Jha
                 For the Opposite Party/s :    Mr.Khurshid Anwar
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                 CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR SINHA
                                       ORAL ORDER

2   08-04-2026         1. Heard the parties.

                       2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with

                   C.R. Case No. 957 / 2024 dated 19.12.2024 registered under

                   Sections 115(2), 126(2), 64(1), 89, 352, 3(5) of the B.N.S. and

                   Section ¾ of the D.P. Act.

                       3. As per the prosecution case in the year 2018 when the

                   complainant consulted a doctor, his compounder i.e. the

                   petitioner started teasing / misbehaving the complainant and

                   upon objection, the petitioner said that he would marry her. It

                   has further been alleged that on the pretext of marriage the

                   petitioner took the complainant to a hotel located at Sakari

                   Gumati and established physical relationship with her on several
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          occasions as a result of which she became pregnant. In the

          meanwhile, the petitioner started to refuse to marry the

          complainant, upon which a ‘panchayati’ was held and the

          decision of the ‘panch’ was made on 16.12.2024 at Sarpanch

          office directing the petitioner to marry the complainant

          according to Muslim customs and traditions but the petitioner

          refused to marry and started demanding Rs. 5,00,000/- as

          ‘Mehar’ along with jewellery and a motorcycle.

              4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner

          has falsely been implicated in this case with oblique motive. The

          complainant was major and she established consensual physical

          relationship with the petitioner. The relationship of the

          complainant with the petitioner continued for a fairly long

          period of time i.e. from 2018 to 2024.

              5. Regard being had to the submission made by the parties,

          taking into consideration the fact that relationship between

          petitioner and the complainant continued for a fairly long period

          of time i.e. for about six years, subsequent break up in

          relationship and it is not the case of the complainant that from

          the very beginning the intention of the petitioner was not to

          marry, accordingly , I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to

          the petitioner.
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                             6. Let the petitioner, above named, be released on

                         anticipatory bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the

                         court below within a period of four weeks from today on

                         furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (rupees ten thousand) with

                         two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of

                         S.D.J.M. Madhubani in connection with C.R. Case No. 957 /

                         2024 subject to the condition as laid down under Section 482 (2)

                         of the B.N.S.S.



                                                  (Anil Kumar Sinha, J)
praful/-

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