CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH KUMAR ORAL ORDER

3 21-01-2026 Heard the parties.

2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Raghopur P.S. Case No. 280 of 2024 registered for the offences under Sections 137 (2), 87, 61(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita , 2023.

3. On the fateful day, while the daughter of the informant had gone to appear in the examination, in the meanwhile, the petitioner along with other 4-5 unknown persons, abducted her and fled away on unknown vehicle.

4. Learned Advocate for the petitioner submitted that in fact the petitioner and the victim were in a good relationship and they voluntarily left the house and solemnized marriage, but on account of the pressure made by the family of the victim, the present F.I.R. came to be instituted. The statement of the victim was also recorded under Section 183 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita , 2023, wherein she has stated that she was taken to Silliguri, and by persuading her, a marriage paper was prepared, and thereafter she was kept in the house of a relative at Maldah for six days from where she made a call to her elder sister and later on she left the house and reached the Railway Statio