IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.26215 of 2008 PRABHA SINGH @ PRABHA RAO Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 2. 31.07.2008 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. Petitioner is an accused in a case registered for the offences under Sections 376/34 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3(x) SC/ST Act.. The informant is victim’s grand father who has stated that the victim told him that the petitioner and one Sanu Singh committed rape. The police after investigation however, submitted charge sheet against other co-accused and not against this petitioner since no material was found against him. Certified copy of the final form submitted in this case has been produced by the petitioner which has been kept on record. A petition was filed under the signature of the informant, the victim girl as well as the petitioner to the effect that there is no involvement of the petitioner in the above alleged crime and the victim girl in her statement before the police did not name the petitioner for - 2 - committing rape vide Annexure-2. It is further submitted that the allegation in the FIR does not disclose commission of the alleged offence under the SC/ST Act. On consideration of the above, it is directed that in the event of arrest or surrender within a period of four weeks from today, the petitioner, namely Prabha Singh @ Prabha Rao 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 the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bettiah, West Champaran in connection with Nautan P.S. Case No. 21 of 2007 subject to the conditions as laid down under section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure Jagdish/- (Shailesh Kumar Sinha,J)