Rajesh Thakur @ Rajesh Kumar Thakur v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.63887 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-160 Year-2025 Thana- NAUHATTA District- Rohtas ====================================================== Rajesh Thakur @ Rajesh Kumar Thakur S/O Raju Thakur Resident of Village - Bishunpur, Police Station- Nauhatta, District- Rohtas ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Rakesh Kumar Mishra, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Ms. Shaheen Begum, A.P.P.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 23-09-2025

1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 137(2) and 96 of the BNS.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and the informant alleges that on 21.06.2025 Manjeet and petitioner enticed her minor daughter aged about 15 years and took her away with an intent to marry and her daughter while fleeing took away golden chain, earrings and Rs.20,000/-.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has been falsely implicated in the instant case by the informant. It is further submitted that since the petitioner is brother of Manjeet, as such, he has been implicated in the case

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.63887 of 2025(2) dt.23-09-2025 2/3 with a view to coerce the entire family into submission. It is fairly submitted that Manjeet and the victim were in love and they eloped. It is next submitted that the victim came back and her statement was recorded under Sections 180 and 183 BNSS and the victim in her statement recorded under the aforesaid sections has not alleged anything against the petitioner, though has stated that Manjeet took her to Pune on pretext of marriage and forcefully established physical relation. It is thus submitted that even the victim has not implicated the petitioner in any manner rather has alleged against Manjeet.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.

6. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner and taking into consideration the fact that petitioner is a person with clean antecedent, let the petitioner above-named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned trial court within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned trial court where the case is pending/Successor Court in connection with Nauhatta P.S. Case No. 160 of 2025, subject to the conditions as

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.63887 of 2025(2) dt.23-09-2025 3/3 laid down under Section 482(2) of the BNSS.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) Kundan/- U T