Manish Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.65321 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-252 Year-2023 Thana- PIRPAINTI District- Bhagalpur ====================================================== Manish Kumar S/o Arun Bhagat @ Arun Jaiswal Resident of Ward No. 13, Village- Tapua, P.S.- Ekchari (Pirpainti), District- Bhagalpur ... ... Petitioner/s

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Ashutosh Kumar For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Nityanand ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 25-09-2025

1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner seeks bail in anticipation of his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 366(A) and 34 of the Indian Penal Code.

3. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and the informant alleges that his minor daughter aged about 17 years was kidnapped on 10.07.2023. Further, petitioner called from mobile no.7970739902 and disclosed that victim is with him and not to institute an FIR.

4. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has been falsely implicated in the instant case by the informant. It is next submitted that the victim came back and her statement was recorded under Section 183 of B.N.S.S. wherein she has not supported the case of the prosecution rather has stated that she married the petitioner and out of the wedlock, a child was

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.65321 of 2025(2) dt.25-09-2025 2/2 born. It is also submitted that no doubt, in the mark-sheet of the victim, the date of birth is recorded as 01.01.2008, but then, that is not a matriculation certificate. It is also submitted that since victim has married the petitioner and out of the wedlock, a child was born, as such, no useful purpose would be served by sending the petitioner to jail.

5. Learned A.P.P. opposes the anticipatory bail application.

6. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner, above-named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks, is directed to be released on anticipatory bail on his furnishing bail-bonds in the sum of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bhagalpur in connection with Pirpainti P. S. Case No.252 of 2023, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C.

7. The application stands allowed.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) vikash/- U T