Vikas Kumar @ Vikas Yadav @ Jhulan Yadav v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.49659 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-598 Year-2024 Thana- BIKRAMGANJ District- Rohtas ====================================================== Vikas Kumar @ Vikas Yadav @ Jhulan Yadav S/ Ramesh Yadav @ Bora Yadav @ Parmeshwar Yadav @ Rameshwar Singh @ Ramesar Singh Resident Of Village- Johni Tola Vishambharpur, Police Station- Bikramganj, District- Rohtas At Sasaram ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1.

The State of Bihar 2.

Manoj Kumar Singh S/o Jagdish Singh R/o vill - Muktiganj, P.S.- Bikramganj, Distt.- Rohtas ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

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

Mr.Sanjay Kumar Sharma ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 19-08-2025 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 Bikramganj P.S. Case No. 598/2024 dated 15.10.2024 registered for the offence punishable u/s 96 read with Section 3(5) of the B.N.S and Sections 4 and 6 of the POCSO Act.

3. 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.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.49659 of 2025(2) dt.19-08-2025 2/2 that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. There was love affair between the victim and the petitioner. As per Annexure-P/2, the statement of the victim is mentioned in which she has stated that she willingly went to Delhi with the petitioner and after knowing about the present case she came back to Barola Tola. The victim has not raised any alarm while being taken to Delhi. The petitioner has clean antecedent as stated in para 3 of the bail petition. The petitioner is in custody since 15.02.2025.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the bail petition of the petitioner by submitting that the victim is a minor girl

6. 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, Rohtas at Sasaram in connection with Bikramganj P.S. Case No. 598/2024.

7. The application stands allowed.

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