Niraj Kumar Paswan @ Niraj Paswan v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS (CR. MISC.) No.14624 of 2025, decided 02-04-2025 by Sunil Dutta Mishra, J. Anticipatory bail ALLOWED under Section 482(2) BNSS 2023 in Jankinagar P.S. Case No. 197 of 2024 (Purnia), Sections 363, 366(A), 34 IPC (kidnapping with intent to marry victim to a girl). Grounds: inter-party compromise with petition before Trial Court; parity with co-accused Dayanand Paswan (AB by ASJ IXth, Purnea, dt. 21.02.2025, A.B.P. No. 130 of 2025); no criminal antecedent. Conditions: surrender/arrest within six weeks; bail bond Rs. 10,000 with two sureties of like amount each to JMFC Purnea. State (APP Parmanand Kumar) had opposed; petitioner's counsel Sumit Kumar Bhagat.
What did the court decide?
Conditional anticipatory bail: petitioner to be released on bail upon arrest or surrender before the Court below within six weeks, upon furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of the learned Judicial Magistrate 1st Class, Purnea, subject to the conditions laid down in Section 482(2) of the Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (B.N.S.S.), 2023.