IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.54479 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-31 Year-2025 Thana- KADWA District- Katihar ====================================================== Aman Kumar S/O Late Udayveer R/O Salepur, P.S.- Dankaur, Distt.- Gautam Buddha Nagar, (Uttar Pradesh) ... ... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State of Bihar 2. Anjali Devi Anjali Devi w/o Ramanand Mehta r/o Mahammadpur p.s- Kadwa Dist-Katihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Sanjeev Kumar Singh For the opposite parties Mrs.Renu Kumari, APP Mr Ajit Kumar Sinha Ms. Dimple Kumari ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE NAWNEET KUMAR PANDEY ORAL ORDER 6 20-01-2026 Heard the learned counsel for the parties. 2. This is an application for regular bail on behalf of the petitioner for the offences alleged under Sections 137(2), 96 and 3(5) of the BNS, registered in connection with Kadwa P.S.Case No. 31 of 2025. 3. As per allegation, co-accused persons facilitated conversations between the alleged victim and the petitioner, who is the resident of Uttar Pradesh. Later on, the daughter of the informant became traceless. 4. The learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is not the kidnapper. He Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.54479 of 2025(6) dt.20-01-2026 2/3 solemnized the marriage with the victim. According to the allegation, he purchased the victim for Rs.3,00,000/- and the person who faciliated the marriage have been granted bail by coordinate Bench of this Court in Cr.Misc.No. 39199 of 2025 and Cr.Misc.39242 of 2025. The petitioner is under custody since 02.03.2025. 5. On the other hand, the learned counsel for he informant and learned APP for the State have opposed the prayer for bail by submitting that the victim is a minor child and the petitioner had purchased her for Rs. 3,00,000/-. 6. Considering the above facts and circumstances, specially the clean antecedents and period of incarceration of the petitioner i.e. near about nine months, 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 learned CJM, Katihar in connection with Kadwa P.S.Case No. 31 of 2025, subject to the conditions that the petitioner shall cooperate in the disposal of trial and make himself available as and when required by the court. Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.54479 of 2025(6) dt.20-01-2026 3/3 7. One of the bailors of the petitioner shall be the resident of the petitioner’s locality in Uttar Pradesh (UP), since the petitioner is the native of Uttar Pradesh (UP). HR/- (Nawneet Kumar Pandey, J) U