kidnapping case gave the police the slip at the premises of a local court at Hilsa sub-division in Bihar's Nalanda district today.
The man escaped by removing the rope tied around his waist by the police escort party while he was being taken for production before the judge, police said.
The accused had been arrested along with another man yesterday from a village in Islampur area for allegedly abducting a minor girl.
Raids have been launched to apprehend him, the police added.