Saurabh Kumar Yadav v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.39976 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-481 Year-2025 Thana- BAHERA District- Darbhanga ====================================================== SAURABH KUMAR YADAV Son of Navin Yadav Resident of VillageTurki, P.S.- Baheri, District- Darbhanga. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Nilendu Kumar Choudhary, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Aditya Narayan Singh.1,APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 01-07-2026

1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2.The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 137(2), 96, 351(2), 352 and 3(5) of the B.N.S., 2023.

3.The learned counsel submits that the petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and the informant alleges that her minor maternal granddaughter aged about 15 years went missing, hence maternal grandmother of the victim informed her, on search, it transpired petitioner along with his three friends enticed the victim away with an intent to marry. 4.The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has been falsely implicated in the instant case by the informant, it is further submitted that victim is not a minor,

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.39976 of 2026(2) dt.01-07-2026 2/3 but rather is a major and was in love with the petitioner and they have married, it is next submitted that perhaps explains why the case was not instituted under the POCSO Act, it is further submitted that victim came back and the statement was recorded under Section 183 BNSS, wherein she has not supported the case of the prosecution as would manifest from the order impugned.

5.Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the anticipatory bail application.

6.Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner, above-named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks, is directed to be released on anticipatory bail on his furnishing bail-bonds in the sum of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Trial Court in connection with Bahera P. S. Case No. 481 of 2025, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S.

7. The application stands allowed.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) Nitesh/- U T

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