Patna High CourtCR. MISC./28196/2025bail granted

Gautam Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

2025-07-23Mr. Justice Prabhat Kumar Singh2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.28196 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-334 Year-2024 Thana- PARAIYA District- Gaya ====================================================== Gautam Kumar S/o Arvind Yadav @ Arvind Kumar R/o Village- Buknari, P.S.- Paraiya, District- Gaya ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner :

Mr. Aryan Singh, Advocate For the State :

Ms. Rita Verma, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 23-07-2025 Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and learned APP appearing on behalf of the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 137(2) and 96 of the B.N.S..

3. As per prosecution case, informant, namely Dinesh Yadav, alleged that on 01.10.2024 at about 3 AM, his daughter, aged about 17 years, went missing from home and on search, he came to know that this petitioner kidnapped her by seducing her.

4. It is submitted by learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner that petitioner is quite innocent and has committed no offence. The victim in her statement recorded under Section 183 of the B.N.S.S. has denied the prosecution case and has categorically stated that she was in love with this

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.28196 of 2025(3) dt.23-07-2025 2/2 petitioner and both of them got married at Haridwar. It is further submitted that the medical board has assessed the age of victim as 18 to 19 years. Petitioner claims clean antecedents.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner.

6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, statement of victim recorded under Section 183 of the B.N.S.S. and clean antecedents of the petitioner, the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner is allowed.

7. Accordingly, in the event of arrest/surrender within a period of eight weeks from today, let the above named petitioner be enlarged 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 Judicial Magistrate First Class, Gaya in connection with Paraiya P.S. Case No. 334 of 2025, subject to condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S..

(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) shashank/- U T