Anand Kumar Yadav v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.37363 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-389 Year-2024 Thana- BABUBARHI District- Madhubani ====================================================== Anand Kumar Yadav S/o Bisheshwar Yadav R/o Vill- Bhatchaura Aurahi, P.SBabubarhi, Distt- Madhubani ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Ms. Kumari Pallavi For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Rabindra Kumar ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 17-06-2026

1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 137(2), 96 of the B.N.S., 2023.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and the informant alleges that her minor daughter aged about 17 years 7 months was sleeping with her on the roof but when informant woke up, she found the victim missing, thus alleges that petitioner kidnapped her with an intent to marry her.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has been falsely implicated in the instant case by the informant. It is next submitted that petitioner and the victim

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.37363 of 2026(2) dt.17-06-2026 2/3 were in love and they eloped and they have performed their marriage. It is also submitted that from perusal of the order impugned, it would manifest that the same records that victim till date has not been recovered but then it is submitted that the order impugned was passed before recovery of the victim. It is next submitted that the victim has been recovered and in support of the same, Annexure-P/2 to the anticipatory bail application has been annexed i.e. the order sheet of the learned trial court. It is further submitted that the statement of the victim was recorded under section 183 BNSS, wherein the learned Magistrate assessed the victim to be of 18 years and the victim also showed her inclination to go her matrimonial home and thus did not support the case of the prosecution.

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

6. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner above-named, in the event of his arrest or surrender within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned trial court where the case is pending/successor court in connection

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.37363 of 2026(2) dt.17-06-2026 3/3 with Babubarhi P.S. Case No.389 of 2024, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) B.N.S.S. (Satyavrat Verma, J) amit/- U T