Angad Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.34150 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-22 Year-2023 Thana- SULTANGANJ District- Bhagalpur ====================================================== ANGAD KUMAR SON OF LATE PARSHURAM SINGH @ LATE PARSHURAM Resident of Village- Nawada, Police Station-Sultanganj, District-Bhagalpur ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

THE STATE OF BIHAR ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Praveen Kumar, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Lalan Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 03-10-2023 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

2.

Petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Sultanganj P.S. Case No.22/2023, registered for the offence punishable u/s 366 of the IPC.

3.

As per the prosecution case, the petitioner is said to have kidnapped the married daughter of the informant. 4.

It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that petitioner is quite innocent and has committed no offence. He has been falsely implicated in this case. Petitioner has no criminal antecedent. The married daughter of the informant fled away with her paramour somewhere else but due to enmity with the maternal grandfather of the petitioner, the informant has

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.34150 of 2023(4) dt.03-10-2023 2/2 implicated the petitioner in this case. The victim is not residing with the petitioner. It is submitted that F.I.R. was lodged after three days of the alleged occurrence of kidnapping. It is further submitted that the petitioner is an orphan and used to live with his maternal grandfather since childhood. Petitioner has no criminal antecedent.

5.

Learned APP for the State opposed the prayer for bail by submitting that till date the victim is traceless. 6.

Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case and considering the nature of allegation, I am not inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail. The prayer for grant of anticipatory bail on his behalf is hereby rejected. 7.

This application is accordingly dismissed.

(Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) pallavi/- U T