Ajay Kumar Rishideo @ Ajay Kumar Risideo @ Ajay Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.25690 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-122 Year-2019 Thana- MAHILA P.S. District- Araria ====================================================== AJAY KUMAR RISHIDEO @ AJAY KUMAR RISIDEO @ AJAY KUMAR Son of Chattu Risideo Resident of Village - Parwaha, P.S.- Forbesganj, District - Araria.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Gopal Kumar Jha For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Pramod Kumar Pandey ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 26-08-2022 Learned counsel for the petitioner is permitted to remove defect (s), as pointed out by the office, if any, within a period of four weeks on resumption of physical mode. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State through video-conferencing. The petitioner has preferred this application for grant of regular bail in a case registered u/s 376 and 506 read with 34 of the Indian Penal Code.

As per the prosecution case, the informant's husband went to Punjab but he did not return for many years. The informant, thereafter, used to work in the field of the petitioner as a labourer and the petitioner asked her to marry him as her husband would never return and on this pretext had established

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.25690 of 2022(2) dt.26-08-2022 2/2 sexual relationship with her and when the informant become pregnant, the petitioner and his family refused to marry with her and the petitioner's father and brother also threatened her. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. The petitioner has clean antecedent as stated in para 3 of the bail petition. It is further submitted that the victim is a major lady who is already married. The petitioner and the victim themselves choose to have sexual relationship with each other. The petitioner is in custody since 03.03.2022. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the bail petition of the petitioner.

Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of this case, the petitioner is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned S.D.J.M., Araria in connection with Araria Mahila P.S. Case No. 122 of 2019 ( G.R. No. 3335 of 2019). The application stands allowed.

(Chandra Prakash Singh, J) shobhakri/- U T