Rahul Kumar v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court, Criminal Miscellaneous No.85878 of 2024, decided 09-04-2025 by S. B. Pd. Singh, J. Anticipatory bail (Section 438 Cr.P.C.) in Hajipur Sadar P.S. Case No. 268 of 2022, Vaishali, under Sections 366A and 34 IPC; kidnapping of granddaughter alleged for trafficking (FIR dated 13.04.2022, incident 11.04.2022, two-day delay urged); victim major per Section 164 Cr.P.C. statement dated 13.03.2023 (age about 18); voluntary marriage with petitioner in temple; bail granted, bond Rs. 10,000 with two sureties, Section 438(2) conditions. Petitioner: Rahul Kumar; counsel Sachin Kumar (petitioner), Damodar Prasad Tiwary, APP (State).
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail: petitioner to be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender within four weeks from receipt of the order, on furnishing a bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- with two sureties of like amount each, to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Vaishali at Hajipur, in connection with Hajipur Sadar P.S. Case No. 268 of 2022, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C.