Patna High Court
Abhimanyu Kumar @ BantiversusThe State of Bihar
- Decided
- Disposal
- BAIL GRANTED
- Bench
- NAWNEET KUMAR PANDEY
Holding
The court granted bail to the petitioner subject to a bond and sureties.
Summary
The petitioner, Abhimanyu Kumar, was arrested in connection with a cyber‑crime case alleging offences under Section 354 of the IPC and Sections 67(A), 67(B) and 66(D) of the Information Technology Act, 2000. The prosecution alleged that the petitioner had taken objectionable photographs of the informant’s daughter and had threatened to make them public unless a prior murder case was withdrawn. The petitioner claimed innocence, alleging that he was falsely implicated due to personal enmity and pressure to marry the victim’s cousin. He had been in custody since 7 April 2025 and sought bail. The court, after considering the facts and the nature of the allegations, ordered the release of the petitioner on bail with a bond of Rs. 10,000 and two sureties, subject to his cooperation with the trial.
Issues considered
- Whether bail should be granted to the petitioner in a case involving offences under IPC Section 354 and IT Act Sections 67(A), 67(B), 66(D).
Legislation cited
- Indian Penal Code — s. 354
- Information Technology Act, 2000 — s. 66(D), 67(A), 67(B)
Subjects
- bail
- IPC 354
- IT Act
- obscene material
- cyber crime
- criminal procedure
Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.58023 of 2025
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-7 Year-2024 Thana- Cyber P.S. District- Supaul
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Abhimanyu Kumar @ Banti Son of Amrendra yadav R/o Village -
Barhatta(Barhatha) ward no. 17, P.S. - Kishanpur District - Supaul
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Pramod Mishra
For the State : Ms. Gulnar Begum
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE NAWNEET KUMAR
PANDEY
ORAL ORDER
5 05-01-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP
for the State.
2. The petitioner seeks bail in connection with Supaul
Cyber P.S. Case No. 07 of 2024, a case registered for the offence
punishable under Sections 354 of the IPC and Section 67(A), 67(B),
66(D) of I.T. Act, 2005.
3. As per prosecution case, prior to lodging the present
case, a case bearing Kishanpur P.S. Case No. 269 of 2023 has been
lodged by the same informant i.e. the informant of the present case. It
is alleged that the petitioner had taken objectionable photographs of
the informant’s daughter. It is further alleged that the petitioner was
pressurizing the informant to withdraw the earlier case lodged for
murder of the informant’s niece saying that he will make the
objectionable photographs of the informant’s daughter viral on social
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media and that is why, on refusal of the informant to withdraw the
aforesaid case, the photographs of the informant’s daughter was
made viral and consequently the present case has been lodged.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that
the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in the
present case. He has further submitted that after death of wife of the
petitioner, the members of prosecution side were making pressure for
solemnization of marriage with the victim who is cousin sister of the
deceased. When he refused to marry her, he has falsely been
implicated in the present case. It has also been submitted that the
petitioner is under incarceration since 07.04.2025.
5. Learned APP has opposed the prayer for bail.
6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, let
the petitioner named above, be released on bail on furnishing bail
bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like
amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate,
Supaul in connection with Supaul Cyber P.S. Case No. 07 of 2024
with condition that the petitioner shall cooperated with the trial of the
case and make himself available as and when required by the court.
(Nawneet Kumar Pandey, J)
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