IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.87463 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-16 Year-2025 Thana- BHADHWAR District- Gaya ====================================================== Nitish Kumar @ Ghocha Kumar @ Ghocha S/O Udit Mishtri R/O Village- Bijua, P.S- Bhadwar, Distt.- Gaya. ... ... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State of Bihar 2. Ranjan Kumar S/O Bimal Singh R/O Village- Bijua, P.S- Bhadwar, Distt.- Gaya. ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Vijay Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Ajay Kumar Jha, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PURNENDU SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 06-02-2026 Heard Mr. Vijay Kumar, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and Mr. Ajay Kumar Jha, learned APP for the State. 2. The petitioner seeks pre-arrest bail in connection with Bhadwar P.S. Case No. 16 of 2025 registered for the offence(s) punishable under Sections 127(2),137(2),96,64,351(2), of the BNS and Section 4,6,8 of the POCSO Act. 3. As per the allegation made in the FIR, the accused persons named therein including the petitioner kidnapped the sister of the informant on the pretext of marriage. 4. Considering the nature of allegation made against the petitioner and in light of the statement of the victim recorded Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.87463 of 2025(3) dt.06-02-2026 2/2 under Section 164 Cr.P.C., wherein she has supported the allegation made in the FIR and has also stated that one of the co-accused committed rape with her, I am not inclined to grant pre-arrest bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, the present bail application stands dismissed. Sanjay/- (Purnendu Singh, J) U