Patna High Court
Ranjeet SinghversusThe State of Bihar
- Decided
- Disposal
- REJECTED
- Bench
- RAJESH KUMAR VERMA
Holding
Bail was denied as the evidence on record justified the petitioner’s continued custody.
Summary
Petitioner Ranjeet Singh, arrested on 15 July 2025, applied for bail in connection with a case involving alleged forcible sexual intercourse with a minor, creation and viral dissemination of a video of the victim, and related offences under the B.N.S., 2023, the POCSO Act and the IT Act. The petitioner claimed a clean record and alleged that the FIR was fabricated, while the State presented call data records indicating his participation and the viral spread of the video from his phone. The learned Special Judge of the POCSO Court was still hearing the matter. The High Court, after hearing both sides, found the material on record sufficient to justify continued detention. Consequently, the court refused the bail application. The petition was dismissed without any order for release.
Issues considered
- Whether bail should be granted to the petitioner accused under Sections 64(1), 77, 3(5) of the B.N.S., 2023, Section 4 of the POCSO Act and Section 67(b) of the IT Act.
- Whether the call data records and alleged viral dissemination of the video constitute sufficient grounds to deny bail.
Legislation cited
- B.N.S., 2023 — s. 3(5), 64(1), 77
- Information Technology Act — s. 67(b)
- Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act — s. 4
Subjects
- bail
- POCSO
- child sexual abuse
- video pornography
- Information Technology Act
- criminal procedure
Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.77401 of 2025
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-52 Year-2025 Thana- CHIHARA District- Jamui
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Ranjeet Singh S/O Late Hari Singh R/O Village- Kanraidih, P.S- Chihra,
Distt.- Jamui.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
1. The State of Bihar
2. Lilawati Devi W/O-Raju Thakur, R/O-Village- Kankarbagh. P.S. Chihura ,
Dist.-Jamui
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Ms. Sanju Singh, Advocate
For the State : Mr. Raj Kishor Singh, APP
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH KUMAR VERMA
ORAL ORDER
4 06-04-2026 Heard Mr. Sanju Singh, learned counsel for the
petitioner and Mr. Raj Kishor Singh, learned APP for the State.
2. Petitioner seeks bail, who is in custody since
15.07.2025, in connection with Chihra P.S. Case No. 52 of
2025, F.I.R. dated 08.07.2025 registered for the offences
punishable under Sections 64(1), 77, 3(5) of the B.N.S., 2023
and Section 4 of the POCSO Act and Section 67(b) of IT Act.
3. Allegation against the petitioner is that he along
with other co-accused person have forcibly committed physical
relation with the victim and its video was made and the video
was made viral by the petitioner on social media.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that
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the petitioner has clean antecedent and he has been falsely
implicated in the present case. She further submits that the
allegation as alleged in the F.I.R. is false and fabricated and the
petitioner has not committed any offence as alleged in the F.I.R.
5. Learned APP for the State, on the other hand, on
the basis of material available on record and case diary,
vehemently opposed the prayer for bail of the petitioner and
submits that it has come during investigation in paragraph-91 of
the case diary, the CDR of the petitioner was examined which
suggests that the petitioner has participated in the present crime
in question and from his phone the video of the victim in
question has been viralled by the petitioner.
6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances
of the case, I am not inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail in
connection with Chihra P.S. Case No. 52 of 2025 pending in the
Court of learned Exclusive Special Judge, POCSO, Jamui.
7. Prayer is refused.
(Rajesh Kumar Verma, J)
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