Satish Chaudhary v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.56512 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-133 Year-2025 Thana- GURUA District- Gaya ====================================================== Satish Chaudhary S/O Lallan Chaudhary Resident of Village-Pasi Tola Gurua, P.S-Gurua, Dist- Gaya.

... ... Petitioner

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Nand Kishore Prasad Sinha, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Bhanu Pratap Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SHAILENDRA SINGH ORAL ORDER 12-08-2025 Heard Mr. Nand Kishore Prasad Sinha, learned counsel for the Petitioner and Mr. Bhanu Pratap Singh , learned APP for the State.

2. Petitioner seeks regular bail in connection with Gurua P.S. Case No. 133 of 2025 dated 27.03.2025 registered for the offence punishable under Section 96 of BNS.

3. The main submissions advanced by the petitioner's counsel are that the instant matter relates to disappearance of the informant's minor daughter aged about 16 years, as per the FIR the informant suspected the petitioner to be involved in kidnapping of his daughter, in fact, the said allegation is completely false as the FIR in itself goes to show that the petitioner and the victim used to converse on mobile phone and in the medical examination report the informant's daughter's age has been opined to be above 19 years. Though the victim made some allegation in her statement before judicial magistrate but she recorded that statement under pressure of her father and further, the allegation as to taking the victim to Punjab State by this petitioner and co-accused persons

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.56512 of 2025(2) dt.12-08-2025 2/2 after making her unconcious is completely unbelieveable. It is lastly submitted that the petitioner has clean past history and has never been involved in any type of criminal activity and has been languishing in jail since 11.04.2025 and against him, investigation has been completed.

4. Learned APP appearing for the State has opposed the prayer for bail of the petitioner.

5. Heard both sides and perused the FIR, victim's medical report, her statement recorded under section 183 BNS and the trial court's order. Though the victim has made serious allegation against this petitioner in her statement however considering the petitioner's young age, his fair and clean antecedent and completion of investigation against him, and also the petitioner aforesaid plea of some affair between the petitioner and the victim, this court is inclined to release him on bail. Accordingly, let the petitioner named-above be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the concerned Court in connection with Gurua P.S. Case No. 133 of 2025.

(Shailendra Singh, J) siddharthkr/- U T