Roushan Kumar Sah @ Roshan Kumar @ Raushan Kumar Sah v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.74364 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-86 Year-2025 Thana- RANIGANJ District- Araria ====================================================== Roushan Kumar Sah @ Roshan Kumar @ Raushan Kumar Sah Son of Bijay Sah @ Vijay Sah Resident of village- Pothiya, Ward no 04, PS- Forbesganj, District- Araria ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1.

The State of Bihar 2.

Meera Devi W/o Niraj Mehta R/o vill - Gidhwas, ward no. 07, P.S. - Raniganj, Distt.- Araria ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Madhav Jha For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Umanath Mishra ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 18-11-2025 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), 140(3) and 96 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and later on added Section 8 of POCSO Act.

3.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and the informant alleges that her daughter aged about 16 years on 4-3-2025 at 10 pm went to the market but did not return, accordingly a search was made and the informant came to know that victim was kidnapped by the petitioner. 4.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has been falsely implicated in the instant case by the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.74364 of 2025(2) dt.18-11-2025 2/2 informant. It is next submitted that petitioner and the victim were in love and they eloped and they performed their marriage and the victim came back and her statement was recorded under Section 183 BNSS wherein she has not supported the case of the prosecution rather has stated that she has married to petitioner and wants to live with him. It is also submitted that the dispute has been compromised. 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, 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 Raniganj P.S. Case No. 86 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of the BNSS.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) Sumit/- U T