For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Rabi Bhushan, Advocate For the State : Mr. Shailendra Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH KUMAR VERMA ORAL ORDER

4 21-01-2026 Despite of valid service of notice, no one appears on behalf of Opposite Party No. 2.

2. Heard Mr. Rabi Bhushan, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Shailendra Kumar, learned APP for the State.

3. Petitioner seeks bail, who is in custody since

30.05.2025, in connection with Lakhisarai P.S. Case No. 668 of 2024, F.I.R. dated 19.12.2024 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 96 of the B.N.S., 2023.

4. Allegation against the petitioner is that he along with other co-accused persons have kidnapped the minor daughter of the informant.

5. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and he has been falsely implicated in the present case. He further submits that the allegation as alleged in the F.I.R. is false and fabricated and the petitioner has not committed any offence as alleged in the F.I.R. The informant has already filed another case for the same set of allegation i.e. Lakhisarai P.S Case No. 21 of 2025 under Section