Ravi Bhushan @ Gunjan Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.13007 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-58 Year-2023 Thana- MAHILA P.S. District- Kaimur (Bhabua) ====================================================== Ravi Bhushan @ Gunjan Kumar S/O RAVINDRA KUMAR SINGH R/O VILLAGE- KHANETHI, PS.- SONHAN, DIST. KAIMUR. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner :

Mr. Ashutosh Tripathy, Advocate For the State :

Md. Ataur Rahman, APP For the Informant :

Mr. Tribhuwan Narayan, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 12-03-2024 Heard learned counsels for the parties.

2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 341, 323, 376 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code.

3. As per prosecution case, on the pretext of marriage, this petitioner is alleged to have established physical relationship with the informant.

4. It is submitted by learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner that from bare perusal of F.I.R., it is apparent that this petitioner and the informant were in a relationship for quite some time and enjoyed each others company. It is next submitted that at the time of relationship, the informant was a major and as such, only because the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.13007 of 2024(2) dt.12-03-2024 2/2 relationship did not work out, there was no ground for institution of F.I.R. under Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code. Petitioner claims clean antecedent.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State and learned counsel appearing on behalf of the informant have vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, nature of accusation and clean antecedents of the petitioner, the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner is allowed.

7. Accordingly, in the event of arrest/surrender within a period of six weeks from today, let the above named petitioner be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned C.J.M., Kaimur at Bhabua, in connection with Bhabua Mahila P.S. Case No.58 of 2023, subject to condition as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) shashank/- U T