Deepak Kumar @ Deepak Ram v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.43108 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-157 Year-2023 Thana- BEN P.S. District- Nalanda ====================================================== Deepak Kumar @ Deepak Ram SON OF ANIL RAM VILLAGEBAKATMAL BIGHA, PS- BEN, DIST- NALANDA ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1.

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Ajit Ranjan Kumar, Adv For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Md. Shakir Ahmad, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 02-07-2024 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P for the State.

2. The petitioner has preferred this application for grant of regular bail in connection with Ben P.S. Case No. 157 of 2023 dated 11.11.2023 registered for the offences punishable u/s 366(A) read with section 34 of the Indian Penal Code.

3. As per the prosecution case, the petitioner and the co-accused person are alleged to have kidnapped the minor daughter of the informant for the purpose of marriage.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. It is further submitted that there was love affair between the victim girl and the co-accused Nasim Mian. The

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.43108 of 2024(2) dt.02-07-2024 2/2 name of the petitioner has transpired in this case only on the basis of the suspicion. As per the statement recorded under Section 164 of the Cr.P.C. the victim left her home on her own will. It is further submitted that the victim was not forced to have illicit intercourse with another person. The petitioner has clean antecedent as stated in para 3 of the bail petition. The petitioner is in custody since 20.02.2024.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the bail petition of the petitioner.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case as well as the nature of allegation levelled against the petitioner and the period of custody, the petitioner above-named, is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Court concerned, Bihar Sharif, in connection with Ben P.S. Case No. 157 of 2023.

7. The application stands allowed.

Jyoti/- (Chandra Prakash Singh, J) U T