Ravi Ranjan Singh @ Babuan v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Criminal Appeal (SJ) No.2331 of 2017 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -39 Year- 2015 Thana -SC/ST District- SASARAM (ROHTAS) ======================================================
1. Ravi Ranjan Singh @ Babuan Singh Son of Vedi Singh @ Janardan Singh, Resident of Village- Bishwambharpur, P.S.- Natwar, DistrictRohtas. .... .... Appellant/s
Versus
1. The State of Bihar .... .... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Appellant/s : Mr. Om Prakash Upadhyay, Advocate For the Respondent/s : Mr. Sadanand Paswan, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE VINOD KUMAR SINHA ORAL ORDER 12-10-2017 Heard the parties.
The appellant seeks regular bail in Dehri (Rohtas) SC/ST P.S. Case No.39 of 2015 registered for the offence under Sections 376, 504, 506/34 of the I.P.C. and Section 3 (i) (x) (xii) of the SC/ST (POA) Act.
Allegation against the appellant is that he was hankering after the victim girl and pressuring her to get in nuptial bond with him and after much persuasion when the victim girl became ready to marry he refused to marry by calling her caste name. Submission of the learned counsel for the appellant is that he is in custody for three months having clean antecedent and
Patna High Court CR. APP (SJ) No.2331 of 2017 (5) dt.12-10-2017 2/3 no such occurrence took place. It has also been submitted that the victim girl herself stated in her statement that he had come to her and asked her to marry and she is aged 18 years. Heard learned A.P.P. also who opposed on the ground that the Medical Board assessed her age 15 years. Having heard both sides and in view of the facts and circumstances, as stated above, and contradiction as she has herself stated her age 18 years whereas her age was assessed by the Medical Board 15 years, the appeal is allowed. Let the appellant, above named, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.
25,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the 1st Additional District and Sessions Judgecum-Special Judge,SC/ST Act, Rohtas at Sasaram, in Dehri (Rohtas) SC/ST P.S. Case No.39 of 2015 subject to the conditions that (1) one of the bailors of the appellant shall be a local person having sufficient immovable property within the jurisdiction of the concerned court. (2) The appellant will not induce any witness or tamper with the evidence. (3) The appellant shall co-operate in disposal of trial and make himself available as and when required by the court.
Patna High Court CR. APP (SJ) No.2331 of 2017 (5) dt.12-10-2017 3/3 court below on two consecutive dates without showing any genuine reason, his bail bond shall be cancelled. (Vinod Kumar Sinha, J) AnilKrSinha/- U