Patna High Court

SANU @ SONU @ SAHIL KUMAR SINGH @ SAHIL KUMARversusTHE STATE OF BIHAR

Decided: 16 January 2026
Disposal: BAIL REJECTED
Bench: PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH

Holding

The Court denied pre‑arrest bail to the petitioner.

Summary

The petitioner, Sanu @ Sonu @ Sahil Kumar Singh, was arrested in a case alleging offences under IPC sections 354(c), 354(a), 504, 506, 34 and POCSO Act section 11. The FIR, filed by Tulsi Kumari, claims the petitioner made obscene remarks at a wedding, threatened the victim with forced marriage, and threatened to circulate her photos and videos. The victim’s statement under Section 164 of the CrPC corroborates these allegations. The petitioner pleaded innocence, arguing lack of injury report, absence of a specific assault date, and a clean antecedent, and sought pre‑arrest bail. The State opposed bail, emphasizing the seriousness of the charges and the victim’s recorded statement. The Court, considering the gravity of the accusations and the victim’s statement, rejected the petition for pre‑arrest bail.

Issues considered

Whether pre‑arrest bail should be granted to the petitioner given the nature of the alleged offences under the IPC and POCSO Act.

Legislation cited

Indian Penal Code — s. 34, 354(a), 354(c), 504, 506
Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act — s. 11

Subjects

pre‑arrest bail
IPC
POCSO
sexual harassment
threat
criminal procedure

Judgment

                      IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                              CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.76461 of 2025
                       Arising Out of PS. Case No.-338 Year-2021 Thana- MAHNAR District- Vaishali
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                 SANU @ SONU @ SAHIL KUMAR SINGH @ SAHIL KUMAR S/O
                 RAKESH SINGH @ RAKESH KUMAR SINGH @ CHUNNU SINGH R/O
                 VILL- RAMNAGAR, P.S.- SAKRA, DIST.- MUZAFFARPUR

                                                                                   ... ... Petitioner/s
                                                        Versus
           1.    THE STATE OF BIHAR PATNA
           2.    XXX D/O AMARNATH SINGH R/O VILL.- VASUDEVPUR CHANDEL,

                 P.S.- MAHNAR, DIST.- VAISHALI.

                                                        ... ... Opposite Party/s
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                 Appearance :

                 For the Petitioner/s      :       Mr. Brij Bihari Tiwary, Advocate

                 For the Opposite Party/s :        Mr. Syed Mojibur Rahman, APP

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                 CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH
                                       ORAL ORDER

2   16-01-2026                          Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the

                   State .

                                 2. Petitioner apprehends arrest in a case registered

                   for the offence punishable under section 354(c)/354(a)/504/

                   506/34 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 11 of the

                   POCSO Act.

                                 3 . As per F.I.R., the informant namely, Tulsi

                   Kumari, alleged that she met with this petitioner, Sanu @

                   Sahil Kumar at a wedding. After which, he started talking to

                   her and he used to talk obscene and soon, started her
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          threatening for marriage otherwise, he will make her photos

          and videos viral and for this purpose, the father and brothers

          of the victim went to the house of this petitioner Sanu @ Sahil

          Kumar and tried to make him understand but, his family

          members abused and misbehaved with them and also

          threatened them to kill.

                       4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that

          the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in

          this case . As per F.I.R. victim was assaulted but there is no

          injury report on record and also the specific date of assault is

          not mentioned in F.I.R. Rest of the allegations are ornamental

          in nature to make the case grave . Petitioner claims clean

          antecedent.

                       5 . Learned counsel for the State opposed the prayer

          for bail and submitted that petitioner is named in the F.I.R.

          and it was this petitioner who came in contact with the victim

          in a marriage ceremony and used to talk obscene and soon ,

          thereafter started threatening her for marriage and on refusal,

          made her videos and photos viral. The victim in her statement

          recorded under section 164 Cr.PC has supported the

          prosecution case .

                       6. Considering the nature of accusation , statement
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                      of the victim recorded under section 164 Cr. PC and gravity of

                      offence , prayer for pre-arrest bail of the petitioner is rejected.



                                            (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J)
Koushik/-

U      T

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