Abhishekh Tatma @ Abhishekh Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.228 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-417 Year-2025 Thana- ARARIA District- Araria ====================================================== Abhishekh Tatma @ Abhishekh Kumar Son of Late Sanjay Tatma R/o Village-Gariya Ward No 01 P.S-Araria, District-Araria ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner :

Mr. Madhav Jha, Advocate For the State :

Mr. Kumar Veerendra Narayan, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 13-03-2026 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 Sections 96 and 3(5) of the B.N.S..

3. As per prosecution case, informant, namely Shankar Mandal, alleged that his daughter, aged about 17 years, was kidnapped by all the F.I.R. named accused persons, including this petitioner.

4. It is submitted by learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner that petitioner is quite innocent and has committed no offence. Petitioner has falsely been implicated in this case with ulterior motive. The victim in her statement

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.228 of 2026(3) dt.13-03-2026 2/2 recorded under Section 183 of the B.N.S.S. has denied the prosecution case and has categorically stated that no one has kidnapped her and she, out of her own sweet will, left her parental house. Petitioner claims clean antecedents.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner.

6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, statement of the victim recorded under Section 183 of the B.N.S.S. and clean antecedents of the petitioner, the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner is allowed.

7. Accordingly, in the event of arrest/surrender within a period of eight weeks from today, let the above named petitioner be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned C.J.M., Araria in connection with Araria P.S. Case No. 417 of 2025, subject to condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S.. (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) shashank/- U T