Patna High CourtCR. MISC./9131/2017bail granted

Chhotu Rai @ Chhotu Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

2017-03-18Mr. Justice Arun Kumar2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.9131 of 2017 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -177 Year- 2016 Thana -RUNISAIDPUR District- SITAMARHI ====================================================== Chhotu Rai @ Chhotu Kumar, son of Ram Shresth Rai, resident of VillageKodariya, P.S.- Runnisaidpur, District- Sitamarhi. .... .... Petitioner

Versus

The State of Bihar.

.... .... Opposite Party ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Shankar Kumar For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Sri Mukeshwar Dayal ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ARUN KUMAR ORAL ORDER 18-03-2017 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP appearing on behalf of the State.

Petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Runnisaidpur P.S. Case No.177 of 2016, registered under Sections 366(A)/34 of the Indian Penal Code.

Allegation in brief is that this petitioner enticed away the daughter of the informant.

Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submits that the petitioner and the informant's daughter were having love affair and they eloped and married and lived together. The statement of the girl was recorded under Section 164Cr.P.C. in which she admits these facts. The Medical Board has assessed her age to be 16-17 years and she is at the verge of majority.

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.9131 of 2017 (3) dt.18-03-2017 2 / 2 Having considered the said facts and circumstances, in the event of arrest/surrender within four weeks from the date of receipt of this order to the concerned court, let the petitioner, namely, Chhotu Rai @ Chhotu Kumar be released 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 Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sitamarhi, in connection with Runnisaidpur P.S. Case No.177 of 2016, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. (Arun Kumar, J.) S.Kumar/- U T