Suman @ Suman Kumar @ Suman Paswan v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Anticipatory bail allowed; CR. MISC. No.67093 of 2025 (decided 17-01-2026, Patna High Court, single judge: Soni Shrivastava, J); arising out of Punpun P.S. Case No. 62 of 2014, District Patna; offences under IPC sections 363, 366, 366(A), 120(B); grounds: inordinate delay in FIR, petitioner unnamed in FIR, victim major or on verge of majority with informed choice, no coercive steps, petitioner residing in Gujarat; Section 438(2) CrPC and Section 482(2) BNSS 2023 conditions; bail bond Rs.10,000 with two like sureties; special bailor conditions (family member/close relative and local resident); direction to cooperate in investigation and trial; victim's Section 164 CrPC statement recorded age as eighteen; State opposed citing 164 statement and delay in approaching the Court.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail allowed: petitioner to be released on arrest or surrender within four weeks before the learned Court below, on furnishing a bail bond of Rs.10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each, subject to Section 438(2) CrPC / Section 482(2) BNSS 2023 conditions; one bailor to be a family member/close relative and the other a local resident; petitioner directed to cooperate fully in investigation and trial, failing which the bail bond may be cancelled.