Rahul Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.53522 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-162 Year-2025 Thana- SHEOHAR District- Sheohar ====================================================== Rahul Kumar S/o Dharmendra Rai R/o Village - Bisahi, P.S. - Sheohar, District - Sheohar ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Lokesh Kumar For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Pawan Kumar Chaurasia- A.P.P.

Mr. Niraj Kumar Sharma ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 19-08-2025

1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned APP for the State and the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the informant.

2. The petitioner seeks bail in anticipation of his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 137(2) and 96 of the B.N.S.

3. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and the informant alleges that his minor daughter aged about 16 years was kidnapped by Rahul (petitioner), Dhiraj and Nitish at 4.00 A.M. on 15.05.2025, when she had gone for a morning walk.

4. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has been falsely implicated in the instant case by the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.53522 of 2025(2) dt.19-08-2025 2/3 informant. It is further submitted that victim returned and her statement was recorded under Section 183 B.N.S.S. wherein the victim has not supported the case of the prosecution rather has stated that she voluntarily left her home and reached Patna by Bus via Sheohar and Muzaffarpur and came to the police station from where she was sent to Child Welfare Committee. It is next submitted that petitioner is a student of B.A. Part-1

5. Learned A.P.P. as well as the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the informant opposes the anticipatory bail application, but then, are not in a position to rebut the submission of the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner that victim in her statement recorded under Section 183 B.N.S.S. has not supported the case of the prosecution rather has stated that she voluntarily left her home.

6. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner, above-named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks, is directed to be released on anticipatory bail on his furnishing bail-bonds in the sum of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned C.J.M., Sheohar in connection with Sheohar P. S. Case No.162 of 2025, subject to

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.53522 of 2025(2) dt.19-08-2025 3/3 the conditions laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C.

7. The application stands allowed.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) vikash/- U T