Naveen Kumar Paswan @ Naveen Kumar @ Ravin Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.79811 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-609 Year-2022 Thana- SHAHPUR PATORI District- Samastipur ====================================================== Naveen Kumar Paswan @ Naveen Kumar @ Ravin Kumar S/o- Basant Paswan Resident of Village- Fatehpur PS- Patori, Dist- Samastipur ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Surya Narayan Roy, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Dr. Ajeet Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 08-12-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.
2. Petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 363 and 366 of the Indian Penal Code.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and the informant alleges that petitioner on 27.11.2022 kidnapped her minor daughter aged about 15 years.
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 is not a minor. It is also submitted that victim is a married lady as it has come during the course of investigation.
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.79811 of 2025(2) dt.08-12-2025 2/2
5. Learned APP for the State opposes the anticipatory bail application and submits that in the FIR, the age of the victim is disclosed as 15 years. It is next submitted that from perusal of the pleadings made in the anticipatory bail application, it would manifest that the age of the victim, as disclosed in the FIR, is not denied. It is also submitted that victim came back and her statement was recorded under Section 164 Cr.P.C. wherein she has supported the case of the prosecution and has stated that she was taken to Hyderabad and was confined in a room where petitioner raped. It is also submitted that investigation in the case is still continuing.
6. Considering the submissions made by the learned APP, this Court is not inclined to extend the privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner is hereby rejected in connection with Patori P.S. Case No.609 of 2022, pending in the court of learned A.C.J.M., Patori, District Samastipur. (Satyavrat Verma, J) Sanjay/- U T