Pawan Poddar @ Pawan Kumar Poddar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.74624 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-220 Year-2025 Thana- ARARIA District- Araria ====================================================== Pawan Poddar @ Pawan Kumar Poddar S/O Nasiblal Poddar Resident of Village- Mahalgaon ward no. 03, Police Station- Mahalgaon, District- Araria. ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Mukesh Kumar Rana, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Syed Ehteshamuddin, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 19-11-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 96 and 3(5) of B.N.S., 2023.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and the informant alleges that his minor daughter aged about 14 years was returning from coaching on 29.05.2025 at 05:30 p.m. when named accused persons including the petitioner kidnapped her.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has been falsely implicated in the instant case by the informant. It is next submitted that victim was known to his brother-in-law Ashish Kumar and the informant objected their
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.74624 of 2025(2) dt.19-11-2025 2/3 friendship. It is further submitted that the victim has come back and her statement was recorded under Section 183 B.N.S.S. wherein she has stated that she was kidnapped by four unknown boys and they confined her but later released on coming to know about the case being instituted and that they did not misbehave with her. It is also submitted that victim was known to the family of the petitioner, as such, had the petitioner been involved in the occurrence, in that event, the victim would have disclosed his name but then it appears that the occurrence was committed by unknown accused. It is also submitted that petitioner will not abscond rather will cooperate in the investigation to prove his innocence.
5. The learned APP opposes the anticipatory bail application.
6. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, let 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.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five 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 Araria
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.74624 of 2025(2) dt.19-11-2025 3/3 P.S. Case No.220 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S.
7. It is made clear that one of the bailors of the petitioner shall be his father, namely, Nasiblal Poddar. (Satyavrat Verma, J) Sanjay/- U T