IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.85975 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-461 Year-2024 Thana- NAGAR District- Vaishali ====================================================== Nitesh Kumar Son of Sachindra Singh @ Satyendra Singh Resident of Village - Govindpur, Police Station - Mahisaur in the district of Vaishali. ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Ranjeet Kumar For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Bishweshwar Ram ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 09-01-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P for the State. 2. The petitioner has preferred this application for grant of regular bail in connection with Hajipur Town Case No. 461 of 2024 dated 28.06.2024 registered for the offence/s punishable u/s 366A read with section 34 of the Indian Penal Code. 3. As per the prosecution case, the petitioner and the co- accused persons are alleged to have kidnapped the minor daughter of the informant. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. The victim in her statement recorded u/s 164 of the Cr.P.C. has not stated the name of the petitioner rather she has stated that Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.85975 of 2024(2) dt.09-01-2025 2/2 she went to Patna to her friend. There is no allegation of sexual assault against the petitioner. The victim was not forced or seduced to have sexuall relationship with another person. The petitioner has clean antecedent as stated in para 3 of the bail petition. The petitioner is in custody since 23.09.2024. 5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the bail petition of the petitioner and stated that the victim is a minor girl. 6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case as well as the period of custody, the petitioner above- named, is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Court concerned, Vaishali at Hajipur in connection with Hajipur Town Case No. 461 of 2024. 7. The application stands allowed. guddukr/- (Chandra Prakash Singh, J) U T