Pankaj Kumar Yadav v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Regular bail granted; offence under Section 96 of the BNS; Sherghati P.S. Case No. 16 of 2025, District Gaya; minor girl aged about 15 missing from 11.01.2025; allegation of enticing away and kidnapping; defence claim of love affair, voluntary elopement and marriage (counsel's submission); victim's statement under Section 183 of BNSS in case diary silent against petitioner and records she went to Tekari with him; judicial custody since 24.06.2025; bail conditioned on framing of charge and evidence of victim; bond Rs. 10,000/- with two like sureties; conditions of trial attendance and family-member bailor; Patna High Court, Cr. Misc. No.77537 of 2025, decided 21-01-2026, S. B. Pd. Singh, J.
What did the court decide?
Regular bail granted after framing of charge and evidence of the victim, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, 1st, Sherghati, Gaya, subject to conditions that the petitioner attend every trial date (failing which on two consecutive dates without reasonable cause the bail bond may be cancelled) and that one bailor be a family member.