IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.21574 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-14 Year-2025 Thana- VALMIKINAGAR District- West Champaran ====================================================== Suraj Kumar Singh S/o- Ashok Kumar Singh R/v- Udhopatti Ps- Bisanpur Dist- Darbhanga ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Jagannath Singh, Advocate : Mr. Padmanabh Kashyap, Advocate : Mr. Deepak Kumar, Advocate For the State : Mr. Aditya Narayan Singh.1, APP For the Informant : Mr. Fazle Karim, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV ROY ORAL ORDER 6 21-08-2026 Heard Mr. Jagannath Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Aditya Narayan Singh, learned APP representing the State as also Mr. Fazle Karim, learned counsel for the informant. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Valmiki Nagar P.S. Case No. 14 of 2025 registered for the offence under Sections 352, 87, 351(2), 318(4) and 3(5) of the B.N.S., lodged on 27.01.2025 by the informant, Anjali Kumari. 3. As per the prosecution story, the informant alleged that while she was pursuing her studies in capital city of Bihar and preparing for the competitive examination, the petitioner Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.21574 of 2026(6) dt.21-08-2026 2/5 came into contact, took her to Kanpur and later, managed to capture some photo showing her to be his wife by solemnization of marriage. Later, she qualified and joined the school at Valmiki Nagar under Bagaha-II, but thereafter the petitioner armed with the said photographs started torturing/demanding money. Whenever there was a marriage proposal, he used to send the photographs, left with no alternative, the F.I.R. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that a marriage took place, unfortunately, the petitioner remained unemployed while the wife got job, she has changed her mind which resulted into lodging of the present F.I.R. 5. The submission is that now that he has also changed his mind and this has resulted into the cancellation of the marriage from the office of the Deputy Registrar, Sadar Second, Kanpur City in Misc. Case No. 01 of 2024 (Anjali Kumari vs. Suraj Kumar) on 07.11.2024. He/family members shall under no circumstance come anywhere near the informant/her family members. 6. Further, by way of supplementary it has been undertaken as under: “That the petitioner undertakes that he has not disturbed the informant victim girl in the past Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.21574 of 2026(6) dt.21-08-2026 3/5 nor he would disturb her any further in future but the same must be construed in future if the informant would be able to make such allegation with relevant evidence and the allegation must not be bald for the purpose of taking illegal advantage of the present undertaking against the petitioner, if any.” 7. Learned counsel for the informant though opposes the prayer and submitted that he tortured a lot by demanding money, sending photographs everyone including her would be husband, now that he has mend his way and is ready not to disturb the lady/family members, an appropriate order can be passed. 8. Taking into account the aforesaid facts/development that has taken place, the alleged marriage stand canceled, as recorded above, by way of supplementary affidavit an undertaking has been given that under no circumstance, the lady/family members shall be disturbed, in that background, this Court is inclined to extend him the privilege of anticipatory bail. 9. It is made clear that if petitioner chose not to abide by the undertaking given herein, the informant shall be free to Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.21574 of 2026(6) dt.21-08-2026 4/5 take steps for cancellation of bail bond. 10. Let the petitioner be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender within a period of four weeks from the receipt of this order, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate-I, Bagaha, in connection with Valmiki Nagar P.S. Case No. 14 of 2025 subject to the following conditions:- (i) one of the bailor should be the family member/relative of the petitioner who shall provide official document (Aadhar Card/Voter Id/Driving License/Pan Card) to show his/her bona fide; (ii) the petitioner shall be appearing before the Police Station as and when required for cooperating in the investigation; (iii) the petitioner shall appear on each and every date before the Trial Court and failure to do so for two consecutive dates without plausible reason will entail cancellation of his/her bail bond by the Trial Court itself; (iv) the petitioner shall in no way try to induce or promise or threat the witnesses or tamper with the evidences, failing which the State shall be at liberty to take steps for Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.21574 of 2026(6) dt.21-08-2026 5/5 cancellation of the bail bonds; (v) the petitioner shall desist from committing any criminal offence again, failing which the State shall be at liberty to take steps for cancellation of bail bonds. vinayak/- (Rajiv Roy, J) U T