IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.42780 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-407 Year-2025 Thana- MAHNAR District- Vaishali ====================================================== Santosh Kumar S/O Shravan Rai R/O Village- Nanhak Chak Panapur Dilawarpur, P.S- Bidupur, District- Vaishali. ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Bela Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Sanjay Kumar Sharma, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SANDEEP KUMAR ORAL ORDER 2 09-07-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing on behalf of the State. 2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Mahnar P.S. Case No. 407 of 2025 registered for the offence under Sections 137(2), 96, 351(2), 3(5) of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. 3. As per the prosecution case, the petitioner, Santosh Kumar is the brother of the main accused Ankit Kumar who is alleged to have kidnapped the daughter of the informant. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the victim girl went with the brother of the informant on her own Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.42780 of 2026(2) dt.09-07-2026 2/3 will and they have already solemnised their marriage and are living together. 5. It has been further submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner is in no way involved in the present case and has been falsely implicated. 6. Learned APP appearing for the State opposes the prayer for bail of the petitioner. 7. Considering the fact that the present petitioner is the brother of the main accused and the fact that the victim girl in her statement has not supported the prosecution case, togetherwith the fact that the main accused Ankit Kumar and the victim girl have married and are living together. This anticipatory bail application is allowed. 8. Let the petitioner, above named, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Judicial Magistrate-1st Class, Vaishali at Hajipur/concerned Court below, in connection with Mahnar P.S. Case No. 407 of 2025. 9. It is, however, clarified that the observations made herein are limited to the adjudication of the present bail application and shall not prejudice the case of the petitioner at Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.42780 of 2026(2) dt.09-07-2026 3/3 any subsequent stage of the trial and this Court has not expressed any opinion on the merits of the case. pallavi/- (Sandeep Kumar, J) U T