Ishu Kumar Vs The State of Bihar — Patna HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

Ishu Kumar Vs The State of Bihar — Patna HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

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Outcome

Release on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Khagaria, subject to conditions of cooperation with the trial, availability as and when required by the court, and appearance on every date fixed by the court below (bail bond cancellable on absence for two consecutive dates without extremely adverse circumstances).

Issue for consideration

Whether the petitioner should be released on bail in connection with Khagaria Cyber P.S. Case No. 06 of 2023, registered for offences under Sections 354(C), 509 of the IPC and 66C, 66E, 67, 67A of IT Act, 2000.

Court's answer

Bail granted: the petitioner is to be released on furnishing a bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Khagaria, in connection with Khagaria Cyber P.S. Case No. 06 of 2023, conditioned on his cooperating with the trial and making himself available as and when required by the court.

Ratio / Principle

The petitioner must appear on each and every date fixed by the court below; if he fails to appear on two consecutive dates, unless prevented by extremely adverse circumstances, the learned court below is at liberty to cancel his bail bond.

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Patna High Court (Nawneet Kumar Pandey, J), Criminal Miscellaneous No. 86705 of 2025, order dated 20-02-2026, arising out of Khagaria Cyber P.S. Case No. 06 of 2023, registered for offences under Sections 354(C), 509 of the IPC and 66C, 66E, 67, 67A of IT Act, 2000. The informant is the father of a minor victim; per the allegation, unknown persons prepared a joint photograph of the petitioner and the victim and made it viral on social media. Counsel for the petitioner urged innocence, absence of any allegation against him in the FIR, the benefit of Section 41(1) already given by the police, clean antecedents, and custody since 15.10.2025; counsel for the informant opposed bail. Considering the facts and circumstances, the court released the petitioner on a bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Khagaria, conditioned on cooperation with the trial and availability as and when required; the petitioner must appear on every date fixed by the court below, failing which on two consecutive dates (unless prevented by extremely adverse circumstances) the court below may cancel the bail bond.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.86705 of 2025

Arising Out of PS. Case No.-6 Year-2023 Thana- Cyber P.S. District- Khagaria

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Ishu Kumar S/o- Sunil Paswan R/v- Sanholi Ps- Chitragupta Nagar DistKhagaria

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar

X S/o- Y R/v- Sanhouli W.No-2, Ps- Chitragupta Nagar Dist- Khagaria

... ... Opposite Party/s

====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Manoj Kumar Singh, Advocate Mrs. Sweta Suman, Advocate For the State : Md. Matloob Rab, APP For the Informant : Mr. Ranjeet Kr. Singh, Advocate ======================================================

CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE NAWNEET KUMAR PANDEY

ORAL ORDER

3 20-02-2026

Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as the informant and learned APP for the State.

The petitioner seeks bail in connection with Khagaria Cyber P.S. Case No. 06 of 2023 in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 354(C), 509 of the IPC and 66C, 66E, 67, 67A of IT Act, 2000.

The informant is father of the minor victim. As per allegation, some unknown persons, after preparing joint photograph of the petitioner and the daughter of the informant, made it viral on social media platform.

Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in the present case. The petitioner himself is a victim as some unknown persons made his photograph viral. It has further been submitted that

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.86705 of 2025(3) dt.20-02-2026 2/2

there is no allegation against the petitioner in the FIR at all. The benefit of Section 41(1) was given to the petitioner by the police. The petitioner is a person of clean antecedent and is in custody since 15.10.2025.

Learned counsel for the informant has opposed the prayer for bail of the petitioner.

Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, let the petitioner named above, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Khagaria in connection with Khagaria Cyber P.S. Case No. 06 of 2023 with condition that the petitioner shall cooperate with the trial of the case and make himself available as and when required by the court.

7. The petitioner will appear on each and every date fixed by the Court below and if he fail to do so on two consecutive dates, unless he is prevented by extremely adverse circumstances, the learned Court below will be at liberty to cancel the bail bond of the petitioner.

(Nawneet Kumar Pandey, J)

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