Aditya Kumar @ Aditya Shahi v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court, single-judge oral order (Satyavrat Verma, J), 08-05-2025, Criminal Miscellaneous No.2960 of 2025: anticipatory bail application REJECTED in Hathauri P.S. Case No.203/2023, Muzaffarpur (Sections 363, 366 IPC — kidnapping/enticement of a 16-year-old minor missing since 20.09.2023). Victim's section 164 Cr.P.C. statement supported prosecution version on the petitioner's role but alleged no physical abuse; petitioners relied on clean antecedents, false implication and voluntary departure. Court swayed by A.P.P. (Chandra Bhushan Prasad) submissions on the victim's admitted minority and wrong-message-to-society argument. Useful for: anticipatory bail refusals in minor-victim kidnapping cases; minority overriding claims of consensual relationship; s.164 CrPC statements. Petitioner: Aditya Kumar @ Aditya Shahi; counsel N.K. Agrawal (Senior), Shashank Shekhar.
What did the court decide?
Considering the submissions made by the learned A.P.P. (including that the victim was a minor and that granting the privilege would send a wrong message to society), the Court was not inclined to extend the privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioner.