Prince @Harun Akbal @ Mohammad Harun Iqbal Vs The State of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.44240 of 2026

Arising Out of PS. Case No.-19 Year-2026 Thana- MAHILA P.S. District- Bhojpur

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Prince @Harun Akbal @ Mohammad Harun Iqbal S/o Md. Khurshid Anwar @ Khurshid Anwar @ Jawed Choudhary R/o - C.K Road, Chaudhriyana Maszid ke Samne, PS - Ara Town, District - Bhojpur

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... ... Petitioner/s

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Versus

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The State of Bihar

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Miss X D/o Y R/o Mohalla - Chaudhriyana, P.S - Ara Town, District - Bhojpur

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... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Anjani Kumar For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Bharat Lal ======================================================

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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER

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2 22-07-2026

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Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned

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A.P.P. for the State and learned counsel for opposite party no. 2.

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The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offence under Sections 341, 323, 376, 506, 34 of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 4, 8 of the POCSO Act.

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Informant alleged that on 11.06.2022, while she was working as domestic help in the house of Javed @ Khursid Anwar, she was sexually assaulted by Faiz Azam, son of Javed and one Shahid Ali and later, on 15.08.2022, while informant was in a shop near the mosque, this petitioner along with coaccused Faiz Azam and Mehar, all sons of Javed @ Khurshid Anwar sexually assaulted her one-by-one. She further alleged

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Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.44240 of 2026(2) dt.22-07-2026 2/3

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that on 02.04.2026, while she was in Litti shop, co-accused Mehar and Dania called her and asked to meet co-accused Shahid, otherwise she would face bad consequence and accordingly, this F.I.R.

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Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is innocent and has committed no offence. As per F.I.R., the alleged occurrence took place in the year 2022, but F.I.R. has been lodged in 2026 i.e. after four years without any plausible explanation of delay. As a matter of fact, victim (informant) is domestic helper of full brothers of petitioner’s brother-in-law Jamal Ashraf and Danish Rizwan, with whom, brother-in-law of petitioner had property dispute. Two coaccused namely Khurshi Anwar and Daniya Karisma have already been granted anticipatory bail by this Court, vide orders annexed as Annexure P/4 series.

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Learned counsel for the State and opposite party no. 2 opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail.

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Considering the fact that informant has filed the present case after a delay of four years of the alleged occurrence and the fact that two co-accused have already been granted anticipatory bail, the prayer for anticipatory bail of petitioner is allowed. Accordingly, in the event of arrest/surrender before the

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Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.44240 of 2026(2) dt.22-07-2026 3/3

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Court below within a period of eight weeks from today, let the above named petitioner be enlarged on bail on furnishing bailbond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Exclusive Special Court of POCSO Act-cum-District & Additional Sessions Judge – VI, Bhojpur at Ara in connection with Mahila P.S. Case No. 19 of 2026, subject to condition as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. / Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S.

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(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J)

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anay

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Prince @Harun Akbal @ Mohammad Harun Iqbal v. The State of Bihar

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