Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.39194 of 2012 (2) dt.17-10-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.39194 of 2012 ====================================================== Madhrendra Kumar Singh .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 02/ 17.10.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner is in jail custody since 5.9.2012 in a case registered under [STATUTE] . It would appear from perusal of the first information report itself that the informant was a consenting party. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner, Madhrendra Kumar Singh, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Sub divisional Judicial Magistrate, Sheohar at Sitamarhi in Sheohar P.S. Case no. 64/2010. Shahid (Hemant Kumar Srivastava,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.