Bikram Mandal @ Bikram Kumar @ Vikram Kumar v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court, Cr. Misc. No.39475 of 2025, order dt. 15-10-2025, Chandra Prakash Singh, J.; regular bail granted; Sherghati P.S. Case No. 494/2024 dated 29.09.2024, District Gaya; offences u/ss 96, 64, 351(2), 352 r/w s. 3(5) BNS and s. 4 POCSO Act; alleged kidnapping of informant's minor daughter by petitioner and co-accused; defence plea of love affair and marriage with victim; victim's statement u/s 183 BNSS (travel to Chennai, solemnised marriage); clean antecedents; custody since 02.11.2024; A.P.P. opposed; bail-bond Rs.20,000/- with two sureties of like amount each; petitioner Bikram Mandal @ Bikram Kumar @ Vikram Kumar; opposite parties: State of Bihar and Tara Devi; counsel: Shailesh Kumar (petitioner), Anil Kumar Singh (opposite party/s).
What did the court decide?
Regular bail: petitioner directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing a 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, Gaya, in connection with Sherghati P.S. Case No. 494/2024.