Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.37705 of 2012 (2) dt.03-10-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.37705 of 2012 ====================================================== Hari Shankar Kumar Ram @ Hari Shankar Ram .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 03-10-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that the petitioner established forceful physical relationship with the informant and promised to marry and subsequently retracted from the promise. It is submitted that in 164 Cr.P.C. statement the victim has accepted to be in love with the petitioner and in that background physical relationship was established. Let the learned court below consider the regular bail of the petitioner in case the petitioner surrenders within six weeks from today in connection with Laukahi P.S. Case no. 48 of 2011 pending in the court of learned A.C.J.M., Jhanjharpur, Madhubani. This application is disposed of with the aforesaid observation/direction. Let this order be transmitted through FAX at the cost Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.37705 of 2012 (2) dt.03-10-2012 of the petitioner. Anil/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 493

Statute Text:
Section 493 of the Indian Penal Code. A man by deceit causing a woman not lawfully married to him to believe that she is lawfully married to him and to cohabit with him in that belief. Every man who by deceit causes any woman who is not lawfully married to him to believe that she is lawfully married to him and to cohabit or have sexual intercourse with him in that belief, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.