Nitin Kumar @ Kumar Nitin Raj @ Nitin Kumar Raj v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court Cr. Misc. No.14655 of 2025, decided 12-05-2025 by Justice Harish Kumar (oral order); anticipatory/pre-arrest bail granted to Nitin Kumar @ Kumar Nitin Raj @ Nitin Kumar Raj in Sadar P.S. Case No. 751 of 2024, Muzaffarpur Sadar; offences Section 354 IPC and Section 8 POCSO Act; allegation of misbehaviour with and attempted ravishing of O.P. No. 2 (Ayushi Kumari), petitioner's cousin; grounds: close relationship, genesis of occurrence, delay in lodging FIR, fair antecedents; victim's statement recorded 04.09.2024 under Section 183 BNSS; bail bonds Rs.10,000/- with two sureties of like amount; subject to Section 482(2) BNSS 2023 conditions plus close-family bailor condition and anti-intimidation condition permitting O.P. No. 2 to approach jurisdictional Court.
What did the court decide?
Pre-arrest (anticipatory) bail granted: petitioner to be released on bail upon arrest or surrender before the court below within four weeks, upon bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned A.D.J.M-cum-Special Judge, POCSO Act, Muzaffarpur, subject to Section 482(2) BNSS 2023 conditions and further conditions (close-family bailor; liberty to O.P. No. 2 to apply to the jurisdictional Court upon any misbehaviour or intimidation).