Mukesh Kumar @ Mukesh Kumar Yadav @ Mukesh Yadav v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.86768 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-452 Year-2025 Thana- AMARPUR District- Banka ====================================================== Mukesh Kumar @ Mukesh Kumar Yadav @ Mukesh Yadav, S/O Shankar Roy @ Shankar Yadav, Resident of Village- Sabalpur, P.S- Sonpur, Distt.- Saran.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1.

The State of Bihar 2.

Lalita Devi W/O Nawal Paswan R/O Village- Ballikitta, P.S- Amarpur, Distt.- Banka.

... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Ravi Prakash Dwivedi, Advocate For the State :

Mr. Ram Bilash Roy Raman, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SHAILENDRA SINGH ORAL ORDER 09-01-2026 Heard Mr. Ravi Prakash Dwivedi, learned counsel for the Petitioner and Mr. Ram Bilash Roy Raman, learned APP for the State.

2. Petitioner seeks regular bail in connection with Amarpur P.S. Case No. 452 of 2025 dated 20.06.2025 registered for the offences punishable under Section 96 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and later on, Section 8 of the POCSO Act was added.

3. The main submissions advanced by the petitioner's counsel are that the allegations levelled by the informant are completely false and, in this regard, the victim's own statement recorded by her under Sections 180 and 183 of BNSS is important, in which she stated that she had voluntarily married

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.86768 of 2025(2) dt.09-01-2026 2/2 the petitioner in Delhi on account of having a love affair with him, and since then they have been living as husband and wife, specific reference in this regard has been made in paragraph '8' of the petition. It is further submitted that the petitioner bears no criminal antecedent, has been languishing in jail since 07.09.2025, and against him, the investigation has been completed.

4. Learned APP for the State has opposed the prayer for bail of the petitioner.

5. Considering the aforesaid submissions, mainly the petitioner's custody period and the victim's statement as stated and mentioned by the petitioner's counsel in the application, which goes against the prosecution, coupled with the completion of the investigation against the petitioner, this Court is inclined to release him on bail. Accordingly, let the petitioner named-above be released 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 the concerned Court in connection with Amarpur P.S. Case No. 452 of 2025.

(Shailendra Singh, J) maynaz/- U T