IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.47640 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-2 Year-2025 Thana- BARDAHA District- Araria ====================================================== Mangal Sharma @ Mangal Kumar Sharma S/o Late Chandeshwari Sharma R/o village- Dengari, Ward No. 05, P.S.- Bardaha, District- Araria, Bihar ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Nishant Choudhary Mr.Madhav Jha For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Ashok Kumar Singh ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 16-09-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State. 2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offence under Section 137(2)/96/3(5) of BNS. 3. As per F.I.R., the informant namely, Suresh Prasad Mandal alleged that on 31.12.2024, his niece went to purchase vegetable from nearby College Chowk and did not return till evening. On query, he came to know that this petitioner has kidnapped his niece. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that there was love affairs between the petitioner and girl. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the victim, in her statement recorded under Section 164 Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.47640 of 2025(3) dt.16-09-2025 2/3 Cr.P.C., has denied the factum of kidnapping and has specifically stated that she left her house, as her mother scolded her for studies. The age of the victim is 17 years. Learned counsel for the petitioner, relying on an order of the Division Bench of this Court dated 23.09.2010 in Cr.W.J.C. No. 991 of 2010 (Sahebi Kha- toon @ Sahebi Versus State of Bihar and other), sub- mits that this Court has directed to treat a girl as ma- jor in case her age assessed to be between 16 to 17 years. 5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail. 6. Considering the statement of the victim recorded under Section 164 Cr.P.C. and the law laid down by this Court, the prayer for anticipatory bail of petitioner is allowed. 7. Considering the aforesaid facts & circum- stances, let the above named petitioner, in the event of arrest/surrender within a period of eight weeks from today, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned CJM, Araria, in connection with Bardaha P.S. Case No. 02/2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.47640 of 2025(3) dt.16-09-2025 3/3 Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure/ Sec- tion 482(2) of BNSS, 2023. Saif/- (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) U T