IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.86416 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-663 Year-2024 Thana- NAANPUR District- Sitamarhi ======================================================

Mithlesh Kumar S/o Shiv Kumar Chaudhary Resident of village - Budhnagra, ward no. 02, P.S- Nanpur (Bokhra), District - Sitamarhi ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ======================================================

Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Dwij Raj, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Rabindra Kumar, APP ======================================================

CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER

2 18-02-2026 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned APP for the State, Mr. Rabindra Kumar.

2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 126(2), 115(2), 137(2), 176, 76, 96, 303(2), 351(2) and 3(5) of the BNS.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and the informant alleges that petitioner along with unknown accused persons came and kidnapped her minor daughter at gun point on 14.12.2024, accordingly, the informant went to the house of petitioner to complain, when father of petitioner assured that victim will be returned on the next day, further, on the next day, accused persons came and assaulted the informant and looted ornaments and cash of Rs.6,000/-.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has been falsely implicated in the instant case by the informant. It is further submitted that the date of occurrence is 14.12.2024 and the FIR has been instituted on 22.12.2024 i.e. after a delay of eight days. It is further submitted that petitioner and the victim were in love and they eloped, the victim came back and her statement was recorded under Section 183 BNSS wherein she has not supported the case of the prosecution and has disclosed her age as 18 years, it is also submitted that even the learned Court assessed the victim as 18 years of age. It is also submitted that petitioner and the victim have performed their marriage and they are leading a peaceful conjugal life. It is also submitted that father of the petitioner along with Akhilesh had approached this Court seeking anticipatory bail by filing Criminal Miscellaneous No. 63891 of 2025 and the same came to be allowed by an order dated 23.09.2025 taking note of the fact that victim did not support the case of prosecution and has disclosed her age as 18 years.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.

6. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, let the petitioner above-named, in the event of his arrest or surrender within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned trial court where the case is pending/Successor Court in connection with Nanpur (Bokhra) P.S. Case No. 663 of 2024, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the BNSS.

7. Accordingly, the instant anticipatory bail application is allowed.

(Satyavrat Verma, J)

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