IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.3528 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-126 Year-2025 Thana- MAINATAND District- West Champaran ======================================================

Raju Gupta S/o Late Madan Prasad Gupta R/o Village - Sugauli, Mai Asthan Ward No. 10, P.S - Sugauli, District - East Champaran ... ... Petitioner/s Versus

1. The State of Bihar

2. X S/o Late Devki Prasad R/o Village - Langari, Ward No. 7, P.S -

Mainatand, District - West Champaran ... ... Opposite Party/s ======================================================

Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Sarvesh Kashyap For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Umanath Mishra ======================================================

CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S. B. PD. SINGH ORAL ORDER

2 28-01-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned counsel for the informant and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner has filed the instant application for grant of regular bail in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 137(2), 96, 3(5) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Section 8/12 of POCSO Act.

3. The prosecution case, in brief, is that the informant’s daughter left for sch