Nawal Kishore Chaudhary v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.2639 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-213 Year-2023 Thana- KHARIK District- Bhagalpur ====================================================== Nawal Kishore Chaudhary S/O Taran Chaudhary R/O Village - Jhauwa Bhaiyar, P.S- Bariyarpur, District .- Munger ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner :
Mr. Dhirendra Singh, Advocate For the State :
Mr. Lakshmi Kant Sharma, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 29-04-2025 Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and learned APP appearing on behalf of the State.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Section 364A of the Indian Penal Code.
3. As per prosecution case, the informant alleged that her nephew, namely Ramesh Kumar, who is in the business of Ayurvedic medicine, was kidnapped by the F.I.R. named accused persons and they demanded three lakh rupees, which led to lodging of the present F.I.R.
4. It is submitted by learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner that petitioner is quite innocent and has committed no offence. Petitioner is not named in the F.I.R.. Name of petitioner transpired during course of investigation.
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.2639 of 2025(2) dt.29-04-2025 2/2 Petitioner claims clean antecedents.
5. On the other hand, learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner and submitted that the victim in his statement recorded under Section 183 of the B.N.S.S. has named this petitioner and has categorically stated that he was also involved in the alleged occurrence.
6. Considering the nature of accusation and statement of victim recorded under Section 183 of the B.N.S.S., the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner is rejected. (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) shashank/- U T