Vikash Kumar @ Vikas Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.59812 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-785 Year-2024 Thana- BHABHUA District- Kaimur (Bhabua) ====================================================== Vikash Kumar @ Vikas Kumar S/o Munna Ram R/o Village- Manihari, P.S.- Bhabua, District- Kaimur at Bhabua ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
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The State of Bihar 2.
Reeta Devi W/o Rajnish Ram R/o Village- Bidhwar, P.S.- Bhabua, DistrictKaimur at Bhabua ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Rajani Kant Pandey For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Braj Kishore Pd.(App) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 02-09-2025 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 Bhabua P.S. Case No. 785/2024 dated 01.10.2024 registered for the offence punishable u/s 96, 251(2) read with Section 3(5) of the B.N.S.
3. As per the prosecution case, the petitioner and the co-accused persons are alleged to have kidnapped the minor daughter of the informant and taken her to Gujarat by enticing her. Further, the petitioner and the co-accused persons threatened to kill her.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.59812 of 2025(2) dt.02-09-2025 2/3 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 was love affair between the parties. There is nothing on record which shows that the victim was forced or seduced to have illicit intercourse with another person. The victim in her statement recorded u/s 180 and 183 of the B.N.S.S. has stated that she went to Banaras with the petitioner and thereafter, they went to Gujarat where they solemnized marriage. The petitioner has clean antecedent as stated in para 3 of the bail petition. The petitioner is in custody since 07.06.2025.
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, Kaimur at Bhabua in connection with Bhabua P.S. Case No. 785/2024, with the condition ;- (i). The petitioner is directed to remain physically
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.59812 of 2025(2) dt.02-09-2025 3/3 present before the learned Court below on each and every date, failing which on two consecutive dates without reasonable cause, the bail bond of the petitioner is liable to be cancelled.
7. The application stands allowed.
(Chandra Prakash Singh, J) atul/- U T