Anarul Hak @ Anarul Miya v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court, CRL.MISC. No. 85057 of 2025, decided 17-03-2026 by Justice Prabhat Kumar Singh: anticipatory bail allowed in Majhaulia P.S. Case No. 222 of 2022 (West Champaran) involving Section 376 IPC and Sections 4 and 6 POCSO Act; key factors — recovery of victim during investigation, victim's Section 164 Cr.P.C. statement denying kidnapping, submission that victim is a major and has married the petitioner, clean antecedents; conditional direction: enlargement on arrest/surrender within eight weeks on bail-bond of Rs. 10,000 with two like sureties before CJM Bettiah, subject to Section 482(2) BNSS. Keywords: anticipatory bail, POCSO, 376 IPC, Section 164 Cr.P.C., Section 482 BNSS, marriage with prosecutrix.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail granted: in the event of arrest/surrender within eight weeks, petitioner to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bettiah, West Champaran, in connection with Majhaulia P.S. Case No. 222 of 2022, subject to conditions under Section 482(2) BNSS.