Gautam Raut v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.71553 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-91 Year-2021 Thana- ASHTHAWAN District- Nalanda ====================================================== Gautam Raut S/O Siya Sharan Raut R/O Village - Pachetan, P.S- Ashthawan, District - Nalanda ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1.

The State of Bihar Bihar 2.

Rajesh Raut S/O Ragho Raut R/O Village - Pachetan, P.S- Ashthawan, District - Nalanda.

... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Sudhir Kumar For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Lakshmi Kant Sharma For the Informant :

Mr. Rajeev Kumar ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 17-11-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned counsel for the informant and learned A.P.P for the State.

2. The petitioner has preferred this application for grant of regular bail in connection with Asthawan P.S. Case No. 91/2021 dated 09.04.2021 registered for the offences punishable u/s 363 and 366A of the Indian Penal Code.

3. As per the prosecution case, the petitioner is alleged to have kidnapped the minor daughter of the informant for the purpose of marriage.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. Nothing has been recovered from the conscious

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.71553 of 2025(2) dt.17-11-2025 2/2 possession of the petitioner. The vicitim in her statement recorded u/s 161 and 164 of the Cr.P.C. has stated that she left her home voluntarily in April, 2021 along with the petitioner with whom she was having love affair and they both went to Rajasthan and solemnized marriage and out of the wedlock two children were born. The petitioner has clean antecedent as stated in para 3 of the bail petition. The petitioner is in custody since 02.08.2025.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State as well as learned counsel for the informant have 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, Nalanda in connection with Asthawan P.S. Case No. 91/2021.

7. The application stands allowed.

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