Nishu Kumar v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Nishu Kumar v. State of Bihar; Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.19695 of 2024 (Criminal Miscellaneous); decided 07-08-2024; Coram: Chandra Prakash Singh, J.; regular bail allowed; Special (POCSO) Case No. 257 of 2023; Alamganj P.S. Case No. 556 of 2023 dated 21.06.2023; offences u/ss 363, 366, 376(3) IPC and section 4/6 POCSO Act; defence: love affair, victim s.164 CrPC statement of marriage, no medical examination, ss.53A/164A CrPC compliance, no sexual assault allegation, clean antecedents, custody since 08.07.2023; State: victim minor; bail-bond Rs.20,000 with two like sureties; condition to attend court below every date, two consecutive defaults without cause liable to cancellation; advocates Vijay Kumar Sinha (petitioner), Jitendra Kumar Singh (State).
What did the court decide?
Regular bail granted to the petitioner in Special (POCSO) Case No. 257 of 2023 arising out of Alamganj P.S. Case No. 556 of 2023, on furnishing bail-bond of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned court concerned, Patna, subject to the condition of physical presence before the court below on every date, default on two consecutive dates without reasonable cause entailing cancellation of the bail bond.