PATNA, India, April 22 -- Patna High Court issued the following order on April 7:
Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Chaubey Jawahar, learned APP for the State. Perused the case diary. In spite of valid service of notice upon the O.P. No.2, no one has appeared on his behalf.
2. The petitioner seeks bail in connection with Special (POCSO) Case No. 145 of 2024 arising out of Bypass P.S. Case No. 221 of 2024 instituted for the offences under Section 420, 376, 506 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 4 of the POCSO Act.
3. As per prosecution case, the accusation against the petitioner is of taking the Informant's 17-years-old deaf and dumb daughter to his house and committing rape upon her. It is also alleged that the petitione...