Patna High Court
Vivek Das @ Vevek KumarversusThe State of Bihar
- Decided
- Disposal
- BAIL GRANTED
- Bench
- SATYAVRAT VERMA
Holding
Anticipatory bail was granted subject to conditions under Section 438(2) CrPC and Section 482(2) B.N.S.S.
Summary
The petitioner, Vivek Das, sought anticipatory bail after being implicated in a kidnapping case involving a minor girl, with charges under Sections 64, 87, 126(1), 127(1) of the B.N.S.S. and Sections 4 and 6 of the POCSO Act. The informant alleged that the petitioner abducted her daughter, but the petitioner claimed a clean record and asserted that he was married to the victim, who was pregnant. The State and the informant opposed the bail, while the informant’s counsel admitted the marriage. The court examined the merits, the nature of the allegations, and the statutory provisions governing anticipatory bail. It granted anticipatory bail subject to a bond of Rs.10,000 with two sureties and compliance with conditions under Section 438(2) of the CrPC and Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S., pending the petitioner’s arrest or surrender within six weeks.
Issues considered
- Whether anticipatory bail can be granted under Section 438 CrPC in a case involving alleged kidnapping and offences under the B.N.S.S. and POCSO Act.
- Whether the marital relationship and pregnancy of the alleged victim affect the grant of anticipatory bail.
Legislation cited
- B.N.S.S. — s. 126(1), 127(1), 482(2), 64, 87
- Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) — s. 438(2)
- Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act — s. 4, 6
Subjects
- anticipatory bail
- kidnapping
- POCSO
- false implication
- marriage
- pregnancy
- Criminal Procedure Code
Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.17347 of 2026
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-237 Year-2024 Thana- Kurth District- Arwal
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Vivek Das @ Vevek Kumar S/o- Surendra Das Village- Gokhulpur PS-Kurtha
Distt- Arwal
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
1. The State of Bihar Bihar
2. XXX W/o- YYY Village- Gokhulpur PS-Kurtha Distt- Arwal
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Paras Nath
For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Md. Aslam Ansari
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA
ORAL ORDER
2 18-04-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned A.P.P.
for the State and the learned counsel for the informant.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case
registered for the offences punishable under Sections 64, 87
126(1), 127(1) of the BNS and Section 4/6 of the POCSO Act.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the
petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and the informant
alleges that on 26.10.2024, her daughter went for a walk in the
evening but did not return hence, search was made but the
victim was not located, further the informant got an information
that petitioner has kidnapped her daughter, thus, went to the
house of the pettioner, where her father and mother abused and
when informant came back to her house she saw her daughter’s
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clothes and mobile scattered in the house.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that
petitioner has been falsely implicated in the instance case by the
informant. It is next submitted that petitioner and the victim was
in lover affair. It is also submitted that petitioner is married the
victim and living a peaceful conjugal life and the victim
presently is pregnant.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State and the learned counsel
for the informant oppose the prayer for anticipatory bail of the
petitioner but then learned counsel for the informant on query of
the Court as to whether the victim is married to the petitioner or
not, the learned counsel fairly submits that petitioner and victim
are married and victim is expecting a child.
6. Considering the submissions made by the learned
counsel appearing on behalf of 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 Kurtha P.S. Case No. 237 of 2024,
subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of
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the Cr.P.C./482(2) of the B.N.S.S.
(Satyavrat Verma, J)
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