Gopal Paswan v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court; CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.11822 of 2025; decided 10-11-2025; Justice Nawneet Kumar Pandey; anticipatory bail; Section 438(2) CrPC; Section 482(2) BNSS; POCSO Section 08/18; IPC Sections 341, 323, 354, 354(A), 354(B), 354(D), 504, 506, 294/34; Lakhisarai Mahila P.S. Case No. 38/2022; PS Case No. 38 of 2022; District Lakhisarai; petitioners Gopal Paswan and Mukesh Paswan; opposite parties State of Bihar and Mona Kumari (16-year-old victim); advocates Md Irshad, Umanath Mishra, Shailendra Kumar (APP); bail bond Rs. 10,000/- each with two like sureties; ADJ-VI-cum-Special Judge (POCSO) Lakhisarai; condition of physical presence before court below till framing of charges; clean antecedents; bail allowed.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail granted to Gopal Paswan and Mukesh Paswan: in the event of arrest or surrender within four weeks from communication of the order, release on furnishing a bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of the learned ADJ-VI-cum-Special Judge (POCSO), Lakhisarai, in connection with Lakhisarai Mahila P.S. Case No. 38/2022, subject to the conditions under Section 438(2) CrPC / 482(2) BNSS and to physical presence before the court below on every date till framing of charges.