Ranjan Kumar @ Rajen Yadav @ Ranjan Yadav v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.49197 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-456 Year-2022 Thana- SAUR BAZAR District- Saharsa ====================================================== Ranjan Kumar @ Rajen Yadav @ Ranjan Yadav S/O Raghunandan Yadav R/O Village- Sirha Tola, Ward No. 01, Pama, Ps. Saur Bazar, Dist. Saharsa (852107) ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Rajnish Kumar Singh For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Choubey Jawahar ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 17-08-2023 Learned counsel for the petitioner is permitted to remove defect (s), as pointed out by the office, if any, within a period of four weeks on resumption of physical mode.

2. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P for the State.

3. The petitioner has preferred this application for grant of regular bail in connection with Saur Bazar P.S. Case No. 456 of 2022 dated 04.09.2022 registered for the offence punishable under Sections 366A, 363 and 120B of the Indian Penal Code.

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

5. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.49197 of 2023(2) dt.17-08-2023 2/2 that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. Nothing has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. There is love affair between the victim and the co-accused Pappu Kumar. Learned counsel further submitted that the victim was not forced to have illicit intercourse with another person. The petitioner is accused in two other criminal cases as stated in para 3 of the bail petition. The petitioner is in custody since 17.04.2023.

6. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the bail petition of the petitioner. It is further submitted that the victim has stated the name of the petitioner in her statement recorded u/s 164 of the Cr.P.C.

7. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case as well as the period of custody, the petitioner abovenamed, 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, Saharsa in connection with Saur Bazar P.S. Case No. 456 of 2022.

8. The application stands allowed.

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