Mukesh Kumar @ Mukund Kumar v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Regular bail rejection; POCSO Act Sections 8 and 12 with BNS 2023 Sections 87 and 123(3); minor female victim aged about 15; alleged kidnapping/abduction near Sipara market, Patna; vehicle Maruti Swift BR01DY-6395; blackmail via vulgar and obscene videos; threat to make photographs viral unless marriage performed; victim statements under Section 180 BNS (police) and Section 183 BNSS; recovery of victim by police from hotel; alleged four undisclosed criminal antecedents; custody since 11.10.2025; impugned order dated 02.04.2026; Patna High Court CR. MISC. No. 29309 of 2026; decided 15-07-2026; Honourable Mr. Justice Ramesh Chand Malviya.
What did the court decide?
On perusal of the FIR, case diary, the victim's statement recorded under Section 183 of the BNSS, the impugned order dated 02.04.2026, and the victim's statement under Section 180 of the BNS before the police — in which she specifically stated that the petitioner blackmailed her with vulgar and obscene videos since long and called her to a hotel from where the victim was finally recovered by the police — the Court was not inclined to grant regular bail.