Arjun Paswan @ Fulan v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.39074 of 2020 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-67 Year-2020 Thana- KADWA District- Katihar ====================================================== ARJUN PASWAN @ FULAN S/o Bhundul Paswan R/o Village- Noongarha Pawantola, P.S.- Kadwa, District- Katihar ( Bihar) ... ... Petitioner

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Raghvendra Kumar Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Amitesh Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJEEV RANJAN PRASAD ORAL ORDER 17-03-2021 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

Petitioner, in the present case, is seeking regular bail in connection with Kadwa P.S. Case No. 67 of 2020 registered for the offence under Section 366(A), 120(B)/34 of the Indian Penal Code.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that as per the prosecution story the daughter of the informant had gone to attend the call of nature but she did not return home. On search, the informant came to know that one Manti Mandal and others are involved in conspiracy of kidnapping of his daughter. They had sent selfie photo of the marriage of the daughter to him. Learned counsel submits that the victim girl is major and it is not a case of kidnapping rather she was in love affair with the petitioner, both of them have married and the victim

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.39074 of 2020(3) dt.17-03-2021 2/2 girl has made her statement under Section 164 Cr.P.C. before the learned Magistrate in which she had admitted that she had solemnized marriage with the petitioner and that no one had kidnapped her.

Learned A.P.P. for the State has gone through the case diary and confirms to this Court that the victim girl is major and she has admitted to have married with the petitioner. In the given facts and circumstances of the case, the provisional bail granted to the petitioner vide order dated 09.02.2021 is confirmed. Petitioner shall be allowed to remain on the same bail bond.

This application stands disposed off accordingly. (Rajeev Ranjan Prasad, J) Rajeev/- U T Note: The ordersheet duly signed has been attached with the record. However, in view of the present arrangements, during Pandemic period all concerned shall act on the basis of the copy of the order uploaded on the High Court website under the heading 'Judicial Orders Passed During The Pandemic Period'.