Patna High Court
Arbind Singh @ Arvind Kumar SinghversusThe State of Bihar
- Decided
- Disposal
- ALLOWED
- Bench
- SUNIL DUTTA MISHRA
Holding
Bail was granted to the petitioner subject to a cash bond, sureties and conditions under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita.
Summary
Arbind Singh was arrested on allegations of creating fake social media accounts to defame an informant's daughter and disrupt her marriage, invoking sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Information Technology Act. The petitioner contended that the case was fabricated due to a matrimonial dispute, asserting his innocence and clean criminal record. The State opposed his bail application, emphasizing the seriousness of the offences. The court examined the factual matrix, the petitioner’s lack of prior convictions, and the possibility of cooperation with the investigation. Considering these factors, the court granted bail subject to a bond and sureties, and conditioned it on compliance with Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita.
Issues considered
- Whether bail should be granted to the petitioner accused under sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the IT Act for alleged cyber‑defamation and related offences.
Legislation cited
- Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita — s. 482(2)
- Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita — s. 115(2), 126(2), 3(5), 352
- Information Technology Act — s. 66(c), 66(d)
Subjects
- bail
- cybercrime
- defamation
- fake social media accounts
- marriage dispute
- criminal procedure
- Information Technology Act
Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.25915 of 2026
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-1 Year-2026 Thana- TEYAR District- Bhojpur
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Arbind Singh @ Arvind Kumar Singh S/o Bijendra Singh R/o Village -
Jhawan, P.S - Bihiya, District - Bhojpur
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Bibhakar Tiwary, Advocate
For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Choubey Jawahar, APP
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL DUTTA MISHRA
ORAL ORDER
3 17-06-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and
learned A.P.P. for the State.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case
registered under Sections 126(2), 115(2), 352, 3(5) of the
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Sections 66(c)/66(d) of the
Information Technology Act.
3. As per the prosecution story, petitioner is
alleged to have created fake social media accounts to defame
informant’s daughter and her family with intention of breaking
her marriage.
4. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the
petitioner submits that petitioner is innocent and has falsely
been implicated in the present case. Further submission is that
petitioner is distantly related with the informant and the
informant wanted to marry his daughter with the petitioner and
when the petitioner refused, this false and fabricated case has
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been lodged against the petitioner. It is next submitted the
marriage of the daughter of the informant has already been
solemnized with the person with whom the informant had
settled his daughter’s marriage. Petitioner has got no criminal
antecedent and he undertakes to cooperate in the investigation
and trial.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposed the prayer for
bail.
6. Having considered the facts and circumstances of
the case, submissions of learned counsel for the parties and
clean antecedent of the petitioner, let the above named petitioner
be released on bail, in the event of arrest or surrender before the
learned court below within a period of six 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
learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bhojpur at Ara in connection
with Tiyar P.S. Case No. 01 of 2026, subject to the conditions as
laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik
Suraksha Sanhita.
(Sunil Dutta Mishra, J)
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