CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PARTHA SARTHY ORAL ORDER

3 21-01-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned APP for the State and learned counsel for the informant.

2. The petitioner has preferred this application for grant of regular bail in connection with Atri P.S. Case no. 230 of 2025 registered under section 87 and 352 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita , 2023.

3. As per the prosecution case, the 17 year old minor daughter of the informant was kidnapped by the petitioner for the purpose of marriage. Hence the instant case.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the case. The daughter of the informant who was a major returned and her statement was recorded under section 183 B.N.S.S. wherein she has not supported the prosecution case. She has categorically stated therein that she called the petitioner with whom she was in love, they married and also have an issue out of the said wedlock. The petitioner is in custody since 20.6.2025 and has no criminal antecedent. Chargesheet has been submitted in the case.

5. The application for bail is opposed by learned APP for the State and learned counsel for the informant. Learned