Ankit Kumar @ Niranjan Kumar v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
The Patna High Court confirmed provisional bail for a 19-year-old petitioner accused of cheating, criminal intimidation, and POCSO offences, subject to an undertaking not to approach the victim, and new conditions requiring bi-weekly police station visits and a sapling-planting activity.
What did the court decide?
Bail confirmed subject to undertaking not to approach victim/her family and conditions to visit Bikramganj PS on weekends and plant a sapling after six months.
What the court decided
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.23772 of 2024
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-4 Year-2024 Thana- BIKRAMGANJ District- Rohtas
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Ankit Kumar @ Niranjan Kumar S/o Baliram Singh R/o Village- Motha, P.S.Karakat, District- Rohtas, Sasaram (Bihar)
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
- The State of Bihar
- Ayushi Singh Daughter of Sushil Kumar R/O Vill.- Saraw, P.o.- Saraw, P.s.Natwar, Dist.- Rohtas. At Present R/O Vill.- Barna, P.s.- Dharupur, P.S.Bikramganj, Dist.- Rohtas.
... ... Opposite Party/s
====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Krishna Prasad Singh, Sr. Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Aditya Narayan Singh, No. 1, APP For the Informant : Mr. Dharmendra Kumar Singh, Advocate ======================================================
Issues for consideration
3 issues framed by the court
Whether the proviso of Section 437(4) CrPC may be applied to confirm provisional bail of an under-trial accused accused of IPC 384, 406, 420, 120B and POCSO offences who has completed six months of cu
Whether the undertaking not to approach the victim and her family members satisfactorily meets the requirements for confirming bail.
Whether additional conditions in the bail order such as visiting the police station and planting a sapling are permissible.
Parties & counsel
- petitioner
Ankit Kumar @ Niranjan Kumar
- respondent
State of Bihar
- respondent
Ayushi Singh
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Case details
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