IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.35496 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-94 Year-2025 Thana- SARAIYA District- Muzaffarpur ====================================================== 1. Baleshwar Ram Son of Late Roshan Ram Resident Of Village- Bahilwara Govind Po- Bahilwara Gobind, District -Muzaffarpur Bihar 844111 2. Ram Chandra Ram @ Bathu Ram son of Late Roshan Ram Resident Of Village- Bahilwara Govind Po- Bahilwara Gobind, District -Muzaffarpur Bihar 844111 3. Shanti Devi wife of Ram Vriksha Ram @ Viriksha Ram Resident Of Village- Bahilwara Govind Po- Bahilwara Gobind, District -Muzaffarpur Bihar 844111 ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Amarnath Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Akshay Lal Pandit, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRAVEEN KUMAR ORAL ORDER 5 18-08-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State and learned counsel for the informant. 2. The Petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Saraiya P.S. Case No. 94 of 2025 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 137(2), 96 and 3(5) of the BNS 3. As per the prosecution case, the minor daughter of the informant, aged about 14 years, was alone in the house on 18.02.2024 at about 01:00 P.M., while the informant was not present there. During her absence, her minor daughter/victim Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.35496 of 2026(5) dt.18-08-2026 2/3 was kidnapped. When the informant returned home, she did not find her daughter in the house. Thereafter, a suspicion was raised by the informant that the petitioners along with other co- accused persons had kidnapped her daughter, as the petitioners had earlier threatened the informant that they would kidnap her daughter. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioners has submitted that the petitioners are innocent and have been falsely implicated in this case. It has further been submitted that the petitioner no. 1 is an old man aged about 84 years and is suffering from ailments of old age and is at the fag end of his life. It has further been submitted that the petitioners are agnates of the informant and due to a previous land dispute, they have been falsely implicated in the present case. It has further been submitted that the thrust of the allegation is against co-accused Vindeshwar Ram, who has already been granted regular bail by the court below. It has also been submitted that the daughter of the informant was not kidnapped, rather, she got married of her own and also made a video to this effect, which was uploaded on social media. She also made reels on the social media platform Instagram, but the police are not investigating the case in this regard. Lastly, it has been submitted that the petitioners Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.35496 of 2026(5) dt.18-08-2026 3/3 have clean criminal antecedent as stated in paragraph 3 of the bail petition. 5. Learned APP for the State and learned counsel for the informant have vehemently opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioners. It has further been submitted that the victim is still traceless. 6. Heard the parties and perused the record. 7. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case as well as the age of the petitioners, let the above named petitioners, in the event of their arrest/surrender within a period of six weeks from today, be enlarged on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned court concerned, Muzaffarpur, in connection with Saraiya P.S. Case No. 94 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the (B.N.S.S.) 8. This application stands allowed. Jyoti/- (Praveen Kumar, J) U T