Patna High Court
CR. MISC./44384/2026 of Vanshraj Mandal Vs The State of Bihar on 21 July 2026
COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.44384 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-164 Year-2026 Thana- SUPAUL District- Supaul ====================================================== 1. Vanshraj Mandal S/o Late Bandelal Mandal Resident of village - Vishanpur, Ward No. 03, Police
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.44384 of 2026
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-164 Year-2026 Thana- SUPAUL District- Supaul
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1.
Vanshraj Mandal S/o Late Bandelal Mandal Resident of village - Vishanpur, Ward No. 03, Police Station - Supaul, District - Supaul
2.
Shobha Devi W/o Vanshraj Mandal Resident of village - Vishanpur, Ward No. 03, Police Station - Supaul, District - Supaul
3.
Shivraj Mandal S/o Late Bandelal Mandal Resident of village - Vishanpur, Ward No. 03, Police Station - Supaul, District - Supaul
4.
Hansraj Mandal S/o Late Bandelal Mandal R/o vill - Chakla Nirmali, ward no. 6, P.S.- Supaul, Distt.- Supaul
5.
Ram Narayan Mandal @ Ram Narayan Kumar Mandal S/o Hansraj Mandal R/o vill - Chakla Nirmali, ward no. 6, P.S.- Supaul, Distt.- Supaul
6.
Sulekha Devi W/o Hansraj Mandal R/o vill - Chakla Nirmali, ward no. 6, P.S.- Supaul, Distt.- Supaul
7.
Supriya Devi @ Priya Kumari W/o Ram Narayan Mandal @ Ram Narayan Kumar Mandal R/o vill - Chakla Nirmali, ward no. 6, P.S.- Supaul, Distt.- Supaul
8.
Khushbu Devi @ Khasbu Mandal @ Khushbu Kumari W/o Hansraj Mandal R/o vill - Chakla Nirmali, ward no. 6, P.S.- Supaul, Distt.- Supaul
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s
Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s
:
Mr.Arun, Advocate
For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr.Prem Kumar Jha, APP
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA
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ORAL ORDER
21-07-2026
1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.P.P. for the State.
2. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 137(2), 140(3), 96, 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioner Nos. 1 and 3 are persons with clean antecedent and petitioner Nos. 2,4,5,6,7 and 8 have antecedent of one case and petitioner Nos. 2,6,7 and 8 are women and the informant alleges that on 02.03.2026 at 02:00 PM his minor grand daughter aged 15
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years was kidnapped by ten named accused persons including the petitioners, further during search, Shubhash was apprehended with the help of villagers who disclosed that victim was in love with his brother-in-law Krishna, hence accused persons made her elope with him, further Shubhash was handed over to the police.
4. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners submits that petitioners have been falsely implicated in the instant case by the informant, it is next submitted that victim and Krishna were in love and they had eloped earlier for which Supaul PS Case No. 553 of 2025 came to be instituted in which petitioner Nos. 2,4,5,6,7 and 8 were made an accused, but then were granted the privilege of anticipatory bail by the learned District Court, it is further submitted that this time also the victim fled with Krishan and came back and thereafter, her statement was recorded under Section 183 of the BNSS, wherein she supported the case of the prosecution, it is also submitted that the in the medical examination, it is recorded no spermatozoa found either living or dead, no any fighting sign or sign of any physical assault found, but rape cannot be ruled out, it is submitted that Krishna and the victim were in love and they might have established physical relations, but then entire family members of Krishna came to be implicated in the instant case with general and omnibus allegation and the victim under parental pressure implicated the family Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.44384 of 2026(2) dt.21-07-2026
members of Krishna, it is also submitted that if privilege of anticipatory bail is granted the petitioners will not abscond rather will cooperate in the investigation to prove their innocence, it is also submitted that Krishna is not a petitioner in the instant anticipatory bail application.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioners.
6. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioners, the petitioners above-named, in the event of their arrest or surrender within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned trial court where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Supaul P.S. Case No. 164 of 2026 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of the BNSS.
7. This application stands allowed.
Nitesh/- (Satyavrat Verma, J) U T