Kishun Sahni @ Kishun Kumar @ Kishan Sahani @ Kishan Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.26938 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-144 Year-2025 Thana- BISHANPUR District- Darbhanga ====================================================== Kishun Sahni @ Kishun Kumar @ Kishan Sahani @ Kishan Kumar S/o Super Sahni Resident of Village- Tira Jatmalpur, P.S.- Kalyanpur, DistrictSamastipur ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Ratnakar Jha, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Ms.Nirmala Kumari, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DR. ANSHUMAN ORAL ORDER 22-04-2026 Heard learned Counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner who apprehends arrest in connection with Bishanpur Chowk P.S. Case No.144/2025 lodged on 22.11.2025, for the offences punishable under sections 137(2), 96, 351(2), 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.

3. The accusation against the petitioner is that he, along with others, kidnapped the minor daughter of the informant.

4. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner is innocent and has committed no offence. It is further contended that the petitioner and the alleged victim were in a love relationship, and both of them had left the house

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.26938 of 2026(2) dt.22-04-2026 2/3 of their own free will and volition. Learned counsel submits that the alleged victim girl has since been recovered and her statement has been recorded under Section 183 of the B.N.S.S., wherein she has categorically stated that no one was responsible for the alleged occurrence and that she had, of her own sweet will, left the house with the petitioner and had attempted to solemnize marriage with him. It is further submitted that the antecedents of the petitioner are clean and he has no criminal history. Learned counsel also points out that although the alleged occurrence is said to have taken place on 20.11.2025, the FIR came to be instituted only on 22.11.2025, after a delay of two days, for which no satisfactory explanation has been furnished.

5. Learned APP for the State vehemently opposes the prayer for bail.

6. In the facts and circumstances, let the above named petitioner be released on bail, in the event of arrest or surrender before the Trial Court within a period of four weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of ₹30000/- (thirty thousand) as mentioned in Section 2(1) (d) of the Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 to the satisfaction of the learned J.M. 1st Class, Darbhanga, in connection with the aforesaid case, subject to the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.26938 of 2026(2) dt.22-04-2026 3/3 conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.

(Dr. Anshuman, J) Ashwini/- U T