Chandan Kumar Pandit v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.66260 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-79 Year-2023 Thana- KHODAWANDPUR District- Begusarai ====================================================== Chandan Kumar Pandit S/O Ram Pukar Pandit R/O Village- Sonki, Ward No. 8, District- Darbhanga, Bihar ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Satyam Shivam Sundaram, Advocate Mr. Aman Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Jitendra Kumar Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV ROY ORAL ORDER 17-09-2025 Heard Mr. Satyam Shivam Sudaram, learned counsel for the petitioner duly assisted by Mr. Aman Kumar and Mr. Jitendra Kumar Singh, learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Khodawandpur P.S. Case No. 79 of 2023 for the offence registered under sections 366A/34 of the Indian Penal Code lodged on 19.03.2023 by the informant, Rajesh Das.
3. As per the prosecution story, the informant alleged that his daughter went for coaching but later it was informed that the named accused persons including this petitioner took her away, this led to the FIR.
4. Learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner was in relationship with the girl, upon lodging of the FIR by the family members, she returned and made her
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.66260 of 2025(2) dt.17-09-2025 2/3 statement on her own stating that she went to Delhi and has tied nuptial knots with the petitioner. The further submission is that the family members have come to an agreement to let the couple live together. So far as the case is concerned, if granted relief, he is ready to diligently appear in trial. The last submission is that the petitioner is only 24 years of age having no criminal antecedent.
5. Learned APP for the State, on the other hand, opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail.
6. Considering the submissions of the parties as also the materials that has come on record including the observations of the learned Sessions Judge, though minor, the girl moved to Delhi on her own, the petitioner is a young boy having no criminal antecedent, putting in jail with the hardened criminal will not serve any purpose, and undertaking has been given that he shall be diligently appearing in trial, in that background, this Court is inclined to grant him the anticipatory bail with conditions.
7. Let the petitioner in the event of arrest or surrender within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of the order, shall be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.66260 of 2025(2) dt.17-09-2025 3/3 amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Manjhaul (Begusarai) in connection with Khodawandpur P.S. Case No. 79 of 2023 subject to condition as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. (i) one of the bailor should be the family members/relatives of the petitioner, who shall provide official document to show his bona fide;
(ii) the petitioner shall appear on each and every date before the Trial court and failure to do so for two consecutive dates without plausible reason will entail cancellation of his bail bond by the Trial court itself;
(iii) the petitioner shall in no way try to induce or promise or threat the witnesses or tamper with the evidences, failing which the State shall be at liberty to take steps for cancellation of the bail bonds;
(iv) the petitioner shall desist from committing any criminal offence again failing which the State shall be at liberty to take steps for cancellation of the bail bonds. (Rajiv Roy, J) Raj Ranjan/- U T