Pankaj Kumar Yadav @ Pankaj YadavversusThe State of Bihar

                      IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                               CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.9335 of 2026
                     Arising Out of PS. Case No.-17 Year-2025 Thana- GADHPURA District- Begusarai
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                 Pankaj Kumar Yadav @ Pankaj Yadav S/O Ganesh Yadav Resident of
                 Village- Harakhpura Ward No. 4, P.S.- Garhpura, District- Begusarai

                                                                                  ... ... Petitioner/s
                                                       Versus
                 The State of Bihar Patna

                                                        ... ... Opposite Party/s
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                 Appearance :
                 For the Petitioner/s    :        Mr. Sudish Kumar, Advocate
                 For the State           :        Mr. Shahabuddin Azeem @ S. Azeem
                 For the Informant       :        Mr. Shivam Prerna, Advocate
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                 CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRAVEEN KUMAR
                                       ORAL ORDER

3   22-04-2026                   Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned

                   Additional Public Prosecutor for the State and learned counsel

                   for the informant.

                                2. The Petitioner is apprehending his arrest in

                   connection with Garhpura P.S. Case No. 17 of 2025 registered

                   for the offences punishable under Sections 137(2), 126(2),

                   351(2), 351(3), 352, 303(2) and 3(5) of the BNS.

                                 3. As per the prosecution case, the minor daughter of

                   the informant, aged about 16 years, was abducted by the

                   petitioner for the purpose of marriage. It is further alleged that

                   gold jewellery and a cash amount of Rs. 1,25,000/-, which had

                   been kept for the marriage of the informant’s elder daughter,

                   were also taken by the said minor. It is further alleged that when
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          the informant, along with his family members, went to the house

          of the petitioner, they were abused.

                       4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted

          that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in

          this case. It has been further submitted that the statement of the

          victim recorded under Section 183 of the BNSS, which was

          called for by order dated 12.03.2026 wherein she has clearly

          stated that she left her house on her own, went to the jungle,

          called the petitioner, and thereafter both of them went to

          Bangalore. It is further stated that they solemnized their

          marriage, and the victim has claimed that she is pregnant out of

          the said wedlock with the petitioner. Moreover, the victim girl is

          on the verge of attaining majority and she was not of such

          tender age so as to not understand the consequences of her

          action. Lastly, it has been submitted that the petitioner has clean

          criminal antecedent as stated in para 3 of the bail petition.

                       5. Learned A.P.P. for the State and learned counsel for

          the informant have vehemently opposed the prayer for

          anticipatory bail of the petitioner.

                       6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances

          of the case and particularly the statement of the victim girl

          recorded under Section 183 of the B.N.S.S, let the above named
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                        petitioner, in the event of his arrest/surrender within a period of

                        six weeks from today, be enlarged on anticipatory bail on

                        furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees ten thousand) with

                        two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the

                        learned court concerned, Begusarai, in connection with

                        Garhpura P.S. Case No. 17 of 2025, subject to the conditions as

                        laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharitya Nagrik Suraksha

                        Sanhita (B.N.S.S.)

                                     7. This application stands allowed.



                                                   (Praveen Kumar, J)
Jyoti/-

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