Manoj Yadav @ Manoj Kumar Yadav v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.71775 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-103 Year-2025 Thana- KUMAR KHAND District- Madhepura ====================================================== Manoj Yadav @ Manoj Kumar Yadav son of Nago Yadav @ Nageshwar Yadav Resident Of Village - Laxmipur Chandi Asthan, Ward No 08, Ps -Kumarkhand District -Madhepura ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Surya Narayan Yadav, Adv.
For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Binod Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 18-11-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioner has preferred this application for grant of regular bail in connection with Kumarkhand P.S. Case No. 103 of 2025 dated 20.04.2025 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 87 read with 3(5) of the B.N.S.
3. As per the prosecution case, on 19.04.2025 at 11:00 A.M., the co-accused Sulekha Devi called and took the informant with her to the roadside where the petitioner was standing with a motorcycle. Thereafter, the petitioner and the co-accused person took the informant to an unknown place and locked her in a room and threatened not to make noise otherwise they would kill her. At about 08:00 PM, they tried to shift the
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.71775 of 2025(2) dt.18-11-2025 2/3 informant to other place forecefully but on halla, nearby villagers came and caught the petitioner and the co-accused person but later on the co-accused, Sulekha Devi fled away.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. The informant and the petitioner are the co-villagers. There is no eye-witness to the alleged offence. The petitioner has no concern with the alleged offence. The petitioner has two criminal antecedents in which he is on bail in both cases as stated in para 3 of the bail petition. The petitioner is in custody since 28.07.2025.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the bail petition of the petitioner and submitted that the victim in her statement recorded under Section 183 of the B.N.S. has stated that she was kidnapped by the petitioner and the co-accused person.
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, Madhepura in connection with Kumarkhand P.S.
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.71775 of 2025(2) dt.18-11-2025 3/3 Case No. 103 of 2025, with a condition:- (i) The petitioner is directed to remain physically present before the learned Court below on each and every date, failing which on two consecutive dates without reasonable cause, the bail bonds of the petitioner are liable to be cancelled.
7. The application stands allowed.
(Chandra Prakash Singh, J) shivam/- U T