IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL APPEAL (DB) No.772 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-894 Year-2021 Thana- BHAGALPUR KOTWALI District-

Bhagalpur ======================================================

JASWANT SINHA @ JASWANT KUMAR SINHA ... ... Appellant/s Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR ... ... Respondent/s ======================================================

Appearance :

For the Appellant/s : Mr. Nikhil Singh, Advocate For the State : Km. Shashi Bala Verma, A.P.P.

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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE MOHIT KUMAR SHAH and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK KUMAR PANDEY ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE MOHIT KUMAR SHAH)

15 05-01-2026 We find from the cause title of the memo of appeal that the respondent No. 2 is the informant and mother of the victim girl, however, as per the prevailing law, her name, parentage and particulars are required to be masked which shall not be displayed in the records placed in the public domain. Hence, it is imperative to mask the name, parentage and

2. In such view of the matter, the Registry is directed no.2 and instead, depict her name as Ms. ‘X’ as also mention the sheet of paper, seal it in an