Vishal Kumar @ Vishal Kumar Paswan v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.23549 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-212 Year-2025 Thana- KAHALGAON District- Bhagalpur ====================================================== Vishal Kumar @ Vishal Kumar Paswan Son of Niranjan Kumar @ Niranjan Paswan Resident of - Near Pump Nahar SSV Field, Police Station - Kahalgaon, District - Bhagalpur.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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The State of Bihar 2.

XXXX Wife of YYY Resident of village - Nath Lok Colony, Ward No.- 16, Near the SSV Field, Police Station - Kahalgaon, District - Bhagalpur. ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Prerna Anand, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Umesh Lal Verma, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL DUTTA MISHRA ORAL ORDER 14-05-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered under Sections 96 and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.

3. It is alleged that petitioner, with the help of the other accused persons, kidnapped the minor daughter of the informant.

4. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submits that petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in the present case. Further submission is that the victim in her statement recorded under Section 183 of B.N.S.S. has not made any allegation against the petitioner and clearly stated that she herself left her house and went to

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.23549 of 2026(3) dt.14-05-2026 2/2 Kahalgaon. Petitioner is a young boy, aged about 20 years, having no criminal antecedent and he undertakes to cooperate in the investigation and trial.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposed the prayer for bail of the petitioner.

6. Having considered the facts and circumstances of the case, submissions of learned counsel for the parties, statement of victim recorded under Section 183 B.N.S.S., young age of the petitioner and his fair antecedent, let the above named petitioner be released on bail, in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned Court concerned within a period of six weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Exclusive Special Judge (POCSO)-cumDistrict and Additional Sessions Judge-VII, Bhagalpur, in connection with Kahalgaon P.S. Case No. 212 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S., 2023.

(Sunil Dutta Mishra, J) utkarsh/- U T