CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJEEV RANJAN PRASAD and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRAVEEN KUMAR ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJEEV RANJAN PRASAD)

4 21-01-2026 Heard learned counsel for the appellant and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

2. Despite of service on respondent No.2, she has chosen not to enter appearance in the matter.

3. The prosecution case is based on the written information furnished by the mother of the victim girl, who alleged that her daughter (‘X’), aged about 14 years, had left her house for going to studies, but she has been kidnapped by one Ravi Kumar, aged about 24 years, son of Anil Sah (the appellant).

4. It appears that the victim girl was recovered after eight days. Her statement under Section 164 of the Cr.P.C. was recorded before a learned Magistrate on 08.09.2022. In her statement, she revealed that this appellant had called her over telephone and threatened her that if she would not come to meet him then her brother would be killed, whereafter she had gone to meet him. The appellant had taken her away to Dasrathpur from where she was taken to Jamalpur. She has further stated that at Jamalpur, she stayed with the appellant for e