Sonu Thakur @ Sonu Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.37032 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-144 Year-2025 Thana- BASOPATTI District- Madhubani ====================================================== Sonu Thakur @ Sonu Kumar S/o Ramchandra Thakur R/o Village - Phulhar, P.S. - Harlakhi, District - Madhubani.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1.

The State of Bihar 2.

Arti Kumari D/o Jivach Thakur R/o Village - Birpur, P.S. - Basopatti, Dist. - Madhubani.

... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Gagan Deo Yadav, Adv.

Mr. Ravi Prakash, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Kumar Ranjit Ranjan, APP ====================================================== 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 64(1), 318(4), 126(2), 115(2) and 3(5) 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 she was in a relationship with the petitioner for the last two years, further petitioner on 30.04.2025 established physical relation on false promise of marriage and when informant asked petitioner to marry her, he refused, accordingly the family members of the informant went to the house of the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.37032 of 2026(2) dt.17-06-2026 2/3 petitioner, where his family members assaulted.

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 the relationship was in between two consenting adult and the relationship was purely consensual. It is also submitted that there was no promise of marriage. It is next submitted that whenever such relationship soured, a false case is instituted. It is next submitted that if privilege of anticipatory bail is granted to the petitioner, the petitioner will not abscond rather will cooperate in the investigation to prove his innocence.

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 with Basopatti P.S. Case No.144 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) B.N.S.S.

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7. However, it is made clear that in the event if the Investigating Officer of the case files an application before the learned trial court bringing to its notice that the petitioner despite giving assurance to this court is not co-operating in the investigation in that event the learned trial court shall be at liberty to cancel the bail bonds of the petitioner. (Satyavrat Verma, J) amit/- U T