Patna High Court
Pintu KumarversusThe State of Bihar
- Decided
- Disposal
- BAIL GRANTED
- Bench
- SATYAVRAT VERMA
Holding
Anticipatory bail was granted to the petitioner.
Summary
The petitioner, Pintu Kumar, applied for anticipatory bail after being implicated in a kidnapping case under Sections 137(2), 140(3) and 96 of the B.N.S. The informant alleged that Kumar kidnapped her minor daughter on 23 October 2025, but the victim later gave a statement under Section 183 CrPC stating she had gone to her aunt’s house, and the aunt’s statement contradicted the victim’s claim. The petitioner’s counsel argued that he has a clean record and that the statements were false, possibly made under pressure from the victim’s mother. The State opposed the bail. The Court, noting the lack of corroborative evidence, the victim’s non‑cooperation, and the petitioner’s clean antecedents, directed that he be released on anticipatory bail upon furnishing bail bonds and sureties, subject to conditions under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S. The application was allowed.
Issues considered
- Whether anticipatory bail should be granted to the petitioner in the kidnapping case.
- Whether the statements of the victim and her aunt render the prosecution’s case weak enough to justify bail.
Legislation cited
Subjects
- anticipatory bail
- kidnapping
- false implication
- victim statement
- Section 183 CrPC
- Section 482(2)
- criminal procedure
Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.13953 of 2026
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-554 Year-2025 Thana- GHOSI District- Jehanabad
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Pintu Kumar Son Of Upendra Prasad R/O Village- Kanjas, Balwapur Ghoshi
(Okari), District- Jehanabad
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Bipin Kumar
For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Amitesh Kumar
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA
ORAL ORDER
2 31-03-2026 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and
learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioner seeks bail in anticipation of his
arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under
Sections 137(2), 140(3) and 96 of the B.N.S.
3. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits
that the petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and the
informant alleges that petitioner kidnapped her minor
daughter on 23.10.2025 at 7.00 P.M.
4. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits
that petitioner has been falsely implicated in the instant case
by the informant. It is next submitted that victim has come
back and her statement was recorded under Section 183
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Cr.P.C. and she has not supported the case of the
prosecution as would manifest from the order impugned
rather has stated that she had gone to her aunt’s place. It is
also submitted that thereafter statement of the aunt of the
victim was also recorded by the police wherein she has
stated that victim never came to her place. The learned
counsel for the petitioner further submits that under the
pressure of the mother of the victim, the aunt gave a false
statement before the police.
5. Learned A.P.P. opposes the anticipatory bail
application.
6. Considering the submissions made by the
learned counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner, above-
named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the
learned Court below within a period of six weeks, is
directed to be released on bail on his furnishing bail-bonds
in the sum 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 Ghosi P. S. Case No.554 of 2025,
subject to the conditions laid down under Section 482(2) of
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the B.N.S.S.
7. The application stands allowed.
(Satyavrat Verma, J)
vikash/-
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