Santosh Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.16157 of 2020 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-502 Year-2018 Thana- BIKRAMGANJ District- Rohtas ====================================================== SANTOSH KUMAR Son of Shatrudhan Rai @ Shatruchan Yadav Resident of Village- Chitru Gupta Colony, Lalu Mohalla, P.S.- Bikramganj, DistrictRohtas (Bihar) ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Ranvijay Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Brajendra Nath Pandey ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 20-10-2020 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State through Video Conferencing.

Petitioner apprehends arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Section 366(A)/34 of the Indian Penal Code.

As per the prosecution case, the petitioner, with the help of his father, kidnapped the daughter of the informant and solemnized marriage with her.

It is submitted on behalf of the petitioner that according to the statement given by the victim girl under Section 164 Cr.P.C., she had left the house and gone with the petitioner at her own sweet will. It is further submitted that the marriage of the victim girl was solemnized with the petitioner on 31.10.2018 in the temple of Sitamarhi and both are living as husband and wife. Medical Board has assessed the age of the victim girl to be 18 to 19 years. It is stated by learned counsel

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.16157 of 2020(4) dt.20-10-2020 2/2 for the petitioner in paragraph 3 of the bail petition that petitioner has got clean antecedent.

In the facts and circumstances of the case, prayer for bail of the petitioner is allowed. In the event of arrest/surrender, let the petitioner mentioned above 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 the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bikramganj, Rohtas at Sasaram in Bikramganj Police Station Case No. 502 of 2018, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

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