CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR SINHA ORAL ORDER

4 10-12-2025 Heard learned Counsel for the petitioner, learned counsel for the Informant and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

2. This application, for grant of anticipatory bail, arises out of Khagaul Police Station Case No. 158 of 2025, disclosing offences under Sections 126 (2), 115(2) and 69 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita , 2023.

3. The prosecution case, as per the First Information Report, is that the petitioner on the pretext of a false promise of marriage, has exploited the informant sexually, mentally and emotionally and established continuous physical relationship with her. The informant came in contact with the petitioner and they gradually developed a deep emotional connection with each other. The petitioner gave repeated assurance of marriage and upon that assurance, the informant accepted and started live-in relationship with the petitioner at a separate flat situated at Patliputra. It has also been alleged that the informant and the petitioner started live-in relationship after disclosure of their past life to each other and