Patna High Court
Satendra Yadav @ Satendra Kumar @ Satendra Kumar SinghversusThe State of Bihar
- Decided
- Disposal
- BAIL GRANTED
- Bench
- SATYAVRAT VERMA
Holding
The court granted bail to the petitioner upon the condition of a Rs.10,000 bond and two sureties.
Summary
Satendra Yadav was charged under Section 74 of the Bihar Narcotic Substances Act, 2023 and Section 10 of the POCSO Act for allegedly kissing and inappropriately touching a minor who had gone to his shop to purchase a tablet. The complainant alleged that the incident occurred on 18-07-2025, and the petitioner had a prior, informally resolved molestation case. The petitioner, in custody since 15-10-2025 with a charge‑sheet filed, sought bail after an earlier anticipatory bail application was rejected. Counsel argued that the allegations were false and that the informant’s daughter would not have been sent to the petitioner’s shop. The State opposed bail, but the court, after considering the submissions, ordered the petitioner’s release on bail upon furnishing a bond of Rs.10,000 with two sureties.
Issues considered
- What is the appropriateness of granting bail to an accused under Section 74 of the B.N.S., 2023 and Section 10 of the POCSO Act?
- Whether the prior informal resolution of a molestation allegation impacts the bail decision.
Legislation cited
Subjects
- bail
- POCSO
- sexual assault
- minor
- anticipatory bail
- criminal procedure
Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.88052 of 2025
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-130 Year-2025 Thana- TARARI District- Bhojpur
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Satendra Yadav @ Satendra Kumar @ Satendra Kumar Singh S/o Surendra
Yadav @ Surendra Singh R/o Village - Mahadevpur, P.O and P.S - Tarari,
District - Bhojpur
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
1. The State of Bihar
2. Prem Shankar Choubey @ Bittu Choubey S/o Satendra Choubey R/o Village
- Mahadevpur, P.S - Tarari, District - Bhojpur
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Vinod Kumar Singh, Advocate
For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Bharat Bhushan, APP
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA
ORAL ORDER
2 11-03-2026 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri Vinod
Kumar Singh and learned A.P.P. for the State.
2. The petitioner seeks bail in a case registered for the
offences punishable under Sections Section 74 of B.N.S., 2023
as well as under Section 10 of the POCSO Act.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that
petitioner has antecedent of one case and is in custody since 15-
10-2025 and charge-sheet has been submitted and the informant
alleges that on 18.07.2025 at about 05:50 p.m., his daughter
came back home from the temple and the informant asked her to
go and get a Sumo tablet, accordingly the victim went to the
shop of the petitioner when he grabbed her and kissed her on
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both cheeks and inappropriately touched her, further the
petitioner about two years back had molested a child but the
issue was resolved informally.
4. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that
the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the instant case by
the informant. It is next submitted that it absolutely does not
stand to reason that as to why the informant would have asked
his daughter to go to the shop of the petitioner when he himself
could have gone to buy the tablet. It is also submitted that in the
FIR, it is alleged that the petitioner earlier also had molested a
child, but then the issue was resolved informally, as such, the
informant was knowing what kind of a person the petitioner
was, as such, why he would have asked his daughter to go to the
shop of the petitioner to buy the medicine. It is further submitted
that the petitioner runs a grocery shop and a medicine shop is
adjacent to the house of the informant, but then it is alleged that
the victim instead of going to the medicine shop went to the
shop of the petitioner for purchasing medicine. It is next
submitted that petitioner had earlier moved before this Court
seeking anticipatory bail by filing Cr. Misc No. 67786 of 2025
and the same came to be rejected by an order dated 8-10-2025.
It is reiterated and submitted that petitioner is in custody since
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15-10-2025 and charge-sheet has been submitted.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State vehemently opposes
the prayer for bail of the petitioner.
6. Considering the submission made by learned
counsel for the petitioner, let the petitioner above named be
released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees
Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the
satisfaction of the learned trial court where the case is
pending/successor court in connection with in connection with
Tarari P.S. Case No.130 of 2025.
(Satyavrat Verma, J)
Sumit/-
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