Sonu Yadav v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.62875 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-174 Year-2025 Thana- KAUWAKOL District- Nawada ====================================================== Sonu Yadav S/o Sahdeo Yadav R/o Village- Intpakwa, P.S.- Kawakole, District- Nawada ... ... Petitioner

Versus

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

For the Petitioner :

Mr. Sheo Kumar Prasad For the Opposite Party :

Mr. Ram Anurag Singh ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 22-09-2025 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 Kawakol P.S. Case No. 174/2025 dated 02.05.2025 registered for the offences punishable u/s 87 and 305(a) of the B.N.S.

3. As per the prosecution case, the petitioner entered the house of the informant and by breaking the lock of the box looted jewelleries worth Rs. 1.5 lacs and took out Rs. 50,000/- in cash from the box. Further, the petitioner kidnapped the minor daughter of the informant by enticing her. Later, it was found that he had kept her daughter in Chennai. When the informant went to the house of the petitioner, the co-accused persons started abusing her and threatened to kill her.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.62875 of 2025(2) dt.22-09-2025 2/2 this case. Nothing has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. There is nothing on record which shows that the victim is forced or seduced to have intercourse with another person. The victim in her statement recorded u/s 183 of the B.N.S.S. has stated that she went with the petitioner of her own will and has solemnized marriage with the petitioner. The petitioner has clean antecedent as stated in para 3 of the bail petition. The petitioner is in custody since 01.07.2025.

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, Nawada in connection with Kawakol P.S. Case No. 174/2025.

7. The application stands allowed.

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