IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.58739 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-142 Year-2026 Thana- CHAUTHAM District- Khagaria ====================================================== Sanjeev Kumar S/o Late Bhola Mahto R/o vill - Nava Da, P.s.- Chautham, Distt.- Khagaria ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar. ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Priyanshu Ranjan. Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Amitesh Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH KUMAR ORAL ORDER 2 19-08-2026 Heard learned Advocate for the petitioner and learned APP for the State. 2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Chautham P.S. Case No.142 of 2026 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 84, 87, 308(2), 318(4), 352, 351(2), 351(3) & 3(5) of the BNS. 3. The allegation against the petitioner is of alluring and taking away the wife of the informant along with children, besides the demand of rangdari and threat to cause harm to the informant. 4. Learned Advocate for the petitioner submitted that infact on account of extreme torture having been extended by the informant, his wife has voluntarily left her house and since there was no one to keep her, the petitioner being brother-in-law has provided accommodation and a respectful life. Taking it as an Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.58739 of 2026(2) dt.19-08-2026 2/3 animosity, the present FIR came to be instituted. Earlier also in the year 2025, identical nature of allegation has been leveled leading to institution of Ratwara P.S. Case No.17 of 2025. However, in the said case when the statement of the victim was recorded and on a Court query, she herself stated that she voluntarily left the house of the informant and she shown her willingness to reside in the house of Sanjeev Kumar (the petitioner). 5. On the other hand, learned Advocate for the State vehemently oppose the bail application and submits that the complicity of the petitioner is evident from the FIR that he forcibly taken away the wife of the informant by alluring her on the pretext of love. 6. Having considered the submissions advanced by the learned Advocate for the respective parties and taking note of the statement of the victim recorded by the Court in its order dated 16.06.2025, where the victim lady herself stated that she voluntarily left the house of the informant and wanted to reside in the house of the petitioner, this Court acceded to the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner, let the above named petitioner, be released on bail, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of four Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.58739 of 2026(2) dt.19-08-2026 3/3 weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned C.J.M,, Khagaria in connection with Chautham P.S. Case No.142 of 2026, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of the BNSS, with further condition that one of the bailors shall be the own/close family members of the petitioner. Utkarsh.k/- (Harish Kumar, J) U T