IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.7937 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-195 Year-2025 Thana- GOPALPUR District- West Champaran ====================================================== Surendra Mahto S/O Late Hari Mahto R/O Village- Derua Pul Mushehri Tola Ward No. 03, P.S- Goplapur, Distt.- West Champaran. ... ... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State of Bihar 2. X W/O Ashok Manhi R/O Village- Rampur, P.S- Govindganj, Distt.- East Champaran. ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Sarvesh Kashyap For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Sadanand Paswan ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 20-02-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P for the State. 2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case, registered for offence punishable under Sections 137(2), 143(4), 3(5) of the B.N.S., 2023, Sections 8, 12 of the POCSO Act and Section 3(2)(va) of the SC/ST Act. 3. Petitioner is named in the F.I.R. with specific accusation that he along with other named accused kidnapped the minor daughter of the informant. The victim, in her statement recorded under Section 180 of B.N.S.S., has supported the prosecution case and alleged that this petitioner along with co-accused Jitendra Yadav came from behind, Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.7937 of 2026(2) dt.20-02-2026 2/2 covered her mouth, grabbed her hands & feet and after making her inhale some kind of drug, put her on a motorcycle, took her to Chhapwa village and kept her in the house of his (petitioner’s) sister. 4. Considering the nature of accusation, the prayer for anticipatory bail of petitioner is rejected. anay (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) U T