Bail granted due to insufficient evidence apart from suspicion, with necessary conditions imposed.

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Vasant Vikas, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Bhanu Pratap Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH KUMAR VERMA ORAL ORDER

4 21-01-2026 Heard Mr. Vasant Vikas, learned counsel for the petitioner as well as Mr. Bhanu Pratap Singh, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

2. Petitioner seeks bail who is in custody since

21.05.2025 in connection with Bhagwanpur P.S. Case No. 97 of 2025, F.I.R. dated 13.04.2025 for the offences punishable under Sections 87 of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita , 2023.

3. According to prosecution case, the informant alleged that on 11.04.2025, the petitioner along with other co- accused persons came to the house of her daughter-in-law, namely, Pinki Kumari and and lured her and taken her away with intention of prostitution and have absconded.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has clean antecedent and he has falsely been implicated in the present case. It appears from the FIR itself that one Sumit Kumar used to come in the house of the Pinki Kumari and petitioner is not at all involved in the present occurrence and he has been made accused merely on the basis of suspicion and except the aforesaid, no other cogent material has come during investigation which suggest the involvement of the petitioner in the present occurrence and apart from that the victim is major and the police after investigation submitted the charge sheet and the petitioner is in custody since 21.05.2025.

5. The learned Additional Public Prosecutor has vehemently opposed the prayer for bail of the petitioner.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, petitioner has clean antecedent and except suspicion, nothing has come during investigation which suggest the involvement of the petitioner in the present occurrence , let the petitioner, above named, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Vaishali, Hajipur in connection with Bhagwanpur P.S. Case No.

97 of 2025, subject to the following conditions:-

i. Petitioner shall co-operate in the trial and shall be properly represented on each and every date fixed by the court and shall remain physically present as directed by the court and on his absence on two consecutive dates without sufficient reason, his bail bond shall be cancelled by the Court below.

ii. If the petitioner tampers with the evidence or the witnesses, in that case, the prosecution will be at liberty to move for cancellation of bail.

iii. And further condition that the court below shall verify the criminal antecedent of the petitioner and in case at any stage it is found that the petitioner has concealed his criminal antecedent, the court below shall take step for cancellation of bail bond of the petitioner. However, the acceptance of bail bonds in terms of the above-mentioned order shall not be delayed for purpose of or in the name of verification.

(Rajesh Kumar Verma, J)