Gudu Bharti @ Gudu Rangila @ Guddu Bharti @ Guddu Rangila v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.15517 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-198 Year-2024 Thana- AGION (GARHANI) District- Bhojpur ====================================================== Gudu Bharti @ Gudu Rangila @ Guddu Bharti @ Guddu Rangila Son of Rabindra Bharti Resident of Village- Sahangi, P.S. Agiaon (G), DistrictBhojpur ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr.Ajay Kumar Singh For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr.Satyendra Narayan Singh ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH KUMAR ORAL ORDER 12-05-2025 Heard the parties.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Agiaon (G) P.S. Case No. 198 of 2024, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 96, 3(5) of the BNS, 2023.
3. Allegedly the minor daughter of the informant was enticed away by co accused Dabloo Bharti with the help of the petitioner and other co-accused persons.
4. Learned Advocate for the petitioner taking this Court through the FIR contended that the occurrence took place on 17.11.2024 but the FIR came to be registered on 23.11.2024 and it was sent to the concerned court on 30.11.2024 and, as such, the implication of the name of the petitioner after due deliberation cannot be ruled out. It is further contended that
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.15517 of 2025(3) dt.12-05-2025 2/3 soon after the occurrence, the victim was recovered and her statement was recorded wherein she has categorically stated that it is Dabloo Giri @ Dabloo Bharti who has enticed away her and later on both of them went to Ludhiyana and when this FIR came to be instituted she returned to her home. Only on account of the petitioner being the relative of Dabloo Giri @ Dabloo Bharti his name has been implicated without there being any material substance; the petitioner is a man of fair antecedent and he undertakes that he will fully cooperate in the proceeding of the court.
5. On the other hand, learned Advocate for the State vehemently opposed the bail application.
6. Regard being had to the submissions made on behalf of the parties and considering the delay in lodging of the FIR as well as the statement of the victim recorded under Section 183 of the BNSS as also the fact that there is no allegation of enticement or any force used by the petitioner or seduce to illicit intercourse, let the petitioner abovenamed be released on bail, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the court below within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order, upon furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.15517 of 2025(3) dt.12-05-2025 3/3 amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Additional District and Sessions Judge 1st Bhojpur at Ara in connection with Agiaon (G) P.S. Case No. 198 of 2024, subject to the conditions laid down in Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, with the further condition that one of the bailors shall be the own/close family members of the petitioner. (Harish Kumar, J) Anjani/- U T