Suraj Kumar @ Suraj Kumar Barnwal v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.49952 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-447 Year-2025 Thana- SIKARPUR District- West Champaran ====================================================== Suraj Kumar @ Suraj Kumar Barnwal, aged about 24 years, Son of Pramod Kumar Barnwal village- Prakash Nagar Ward No 12 Narkatiyaganj, Ps -Shikarpur District -West Champaran ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
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The State of Bihar 2.
X Daughter of Late Pappu Sah village- Devi Sthan, Ward No 14 Narkatiyaganj, Ps -Shikarpur District -West Champaran ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Bimlesh Kumar Pandey For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Tarkeshwar Nath Thakur ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAMESH CHAND MALVIYA ORAL ORDER 15-11-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Shikarpur P.S. Case No.447 of 2025 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 137(2), 87, 126(2), 115(2), 352, 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.
3. As per allegation in the FIR, it is a case of abduction of daughter of the informant, who is a major girl with an intention to marry her by the petitioner.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.49952 of 2025(3) dt.15-11-2025 2/3 petitioner has falsely been implicated in this case. He further submits that the daughter of the informant being major and matured girl left her house out of sweet will as she was involved in love affairs with the petitioner and no one forced her to leave the house. He next submits that the victim girl had voluntarily gone to Gorakhpur from Narkatiyaganj with the petitioner and there they also stayed in a hotel. He next submits that the victim girl in her statement recorded under Section 180 BNSS has stated that she used to involve in telephonic conversation with the petitioner from last three years and they wanted to get married with each other but in her statement recorded under Section 183 BNSS she had denied all the facts and made different statement. He next submits that informant's daughter is a major girl which is evident from her marksheet and Date of Birth is given as 06.01.2002. He next submits that petitioner has got clean antecedents as stated in para-3 of the bail petition.
5. However, learned APP for the State oppose the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.
6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.49952 of 2025(3) dt.15-11-2025 3/3 case, submission of learned counsel for the petitioner and materials available on record, let the above named petitioner be released on anticipatory bail in the event of his arrest or surrender before the court below within a period of six weeks from today, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate-1st Class, Bettiah, West Champaran in connection with Shikarpur P.S. Case No.447 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of BNSS with a further condition that the petitioner shall co-operate with the trial till disposal of this case. (Ramesh Chand Malviya, J) Harshita/- U T