Krish Kumar @ Chhotu v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.57149 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-85 Year-2024 Thana- TISIAUTA District- Vaishali ====================================================== Krish Kumar @ Chhotu S/o Subodh Singh R/o Village- Jabauj, P.S.- Mahnar, District- Vaishali ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Radhe Shyam, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Ram Bilash Roy Raman, A.P.P.

For the Informant :

Mr. Shanti Bhushan Singh, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 02-09-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, informant and the State.

2. Petitioner apprehends arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 96, 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.

3. As per the prosecution case, all the F.I.R. named accused persons, including this petitioner, are alleged to have kidnapped minor daughter of the informant.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. It has further been submitted that statement of the victim girl was recorded under Section 183 of B.N.S.S., wherein though she has stated that the petitioner along with three other accused persons had forcibly taken her in the car, however, she has not alleged any overt act against the petitioner. It is further

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.57149 of 2025(2) dt.02-09-2025 2/2 submitted that similarly situated co-accused, namely, Jitendra Singh has already been granted anticipatory bail by co-ordinate Bench of this Hon'ble Court vide order dated 18.06.2025 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 9246 of 2025. Petitioner claims clean antecedent.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State as well as learned counsel for the informant vehemently opposed the bail application.

6. Considering statement of the victim was recorded under Section 183 of B.N.S.S. and clean antecedent, this anticipatory bail is allowed and it is ordered that let the above named petitioner in the event of his arrest/surrender before the court below within a period of eight weeks from today, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate-V, Vaishali at Hajipur in connection with Tisiauta P. S. Case No. 85 of 2024, subject to condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.

(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) Navya/- U T