Abdul Mannan v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.63086 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-422 Year-2021 Thana- ARARIA District- Araria ====================================================== Abdul Mannan S/o Moti @ Motiurahman Resident of village- Gayaspur, Police station- Palasi, District- Araria ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Mukesh Kumar Rana. Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Bhanu Pratap Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 24-09-2025 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 Araria P.S. Case No. 422 of 2021 dated 26.05.2021 registered for the offence punishable u/s 366A read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code.

3. As per the prosecution case, the petitioner alongwith the co-accused person are alleged to have kidnapped the minor daughter of the informant. When the informant went to the house of the petitioner to inquire about his daughter then the petitioner's father abused him and drove him away.

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.63086 of 2025(2) dt.24-09-2025 2/3 this case. It is submitted that the victim is major. There is nothing on record which shows that the victim is forced or seduced to have illicit intercourse with another person. It is further submitted that the victim girl is close relative of the petitioner, who is sister of son-in-law of the petitioner and she had come to the house of the petitioner with her own sweet will and stayed there for fifteen days, but due to misunderstanding, the informant has lodged the case of kidnapping. The petitioner is not named in the F.I.R. The petitioner has clean antecedent as stated in para 3 of the bail petition. The petitioner is in custody since 30.06.2025.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the bail petition of the petitioner by submitting that the victim in her statement u/s 164 of the Cr.P.C. has supported the prosecution story.

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, Araria in connection with Araria P.S. Case No. 422 of 2021.

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7. The application stands allowed.

(Chandra Prakash Singh, J) Raj Ranjan/- U T