Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.6061 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Chaya Devi W/O Siyaram Singh 2. Siyaram Singh S/O Late Kapil Deo Singh 3. Dhananjay Singh@ Dhananjay Kumar Singh S/O Siyaram Singh 4. Dharmendra Singh @ Dharmendra Kumar Singh S/O Siyaram Singh All R/O Vill Kundipar, P.S Barh, Distt-Patna .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHWANI KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 08-02-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the State. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in connection with a case registered for the offence punishable under [STATUTE] . It is submitted that as per complainant/informant the date of occurrence is 2.8.2011 which was referred to the police under section 156(3) of the Cr.P.C. pursuant to which first information report was registered on 8.9.2011. In course of investigation the daughter of the informant Manisha Kumari was recovered and was examined under section 164 Cr.P.C. In her statement she has categorically stated that she was not abducted or kidnapped by any one. She out of her own free will left her matrimonial home and was living together with one of her friend Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.6061 of 2012 (2) dt.08-02-2012 2 Sinku. She has further stated that she does not want to join her matrimonial home and wants a decree of divorce from her husband. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case let the petitioners named above, in the event of arrest or surrender, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Hilsa, Nalanda in connection with Hilsa P.S. Case No.271 of 2011 subject to the conditions as laid down under section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure and also subject to the conditions that (i) both the bailors will be close relative of the petitioners who will give separate affidavit giving genealogy as to how they are related with the petitioners, (ii) that the petitioners shall not directly or indirectly make any inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade him to disclose such facts to the court or to any other authority, (iii) that they shall remain present before the court on the dates fixed for hearing of the case. If they want to remain absent, then they shall take prior permission of the court and in case of compelling and unavoidable circumstance for remaining absent, they shall immediately inform the court and request that they may be Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.6061 of 2012 (2) dt.08-02-2012 3 permitted to be present through the counsel and (iv) that liberty is given to the State to make an appropriate application for modification/recalling the order granting bail, if for any reason, the petitioners violate any of the conditions imposed by this court. Md.S./- (Ashwani Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 494

Statute Text:
Section 494 of the Indian Penal Code. Marrying again during the life-time of a husband or wife. Whoever, having a husband or wife living, marries in any case in which such marriage is void by reason of its taking place during the life of such husband or wife, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.