IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.24267 of 2011 1. Bharat Thakur S/o Sukhal Thakur. 2. Bhuneshwar Thakur S/o Sukhal Thakur. 3. Ranjeet Thakur S/o late Rambabu Thakur. 4. Indradeo Thakur S/o Sukhal Thakur. All are residents of Village-Kalyanpur, P.S. Kalyanpur, District-East Champaran, Motihari. ..........Petitioners Versus The State Of Bihar. ...........Opposite Party ----------- 02 22.07.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in a case registered under sections 366A and 376/34 of the Indian Penal Code. As per prosecution case, the allegation is that the daughter of the informant was abducted by the petitioners and one Uday Kumar Thakur and apprehension was made in the written statement that the accused persons would sexually exploit the daughter of the informant. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that subsequently in course of investigation, the daughter of the informant appeared before the police and her statement was recorded under section 164 of Cr.P.C. The girl stated her age to be 20 years while making her statement under section 164 of the Cr.P.C., whereas the Magistrate, who recorded her statement assessed her age to be 19 years. The statement recorded under section 164 of Cr.P.C. has been annexed as Annexure-2 to this application. The victim in her statement has categorically stated that she married co-accused Uday Kumar Thakur out of her own sweet will and no force was applied upon her. She has also stated that she is 2 pregnant and carrying child of Uday Kumar Thakur with whom she has married in a temple at Areraj. It is submitted that petitioner no. 1 is father of Uday Kumar Thakur whereas petitioner no. 2 to 4 are relatives of Uday Kumar Thakur. Taking into consideration the fact that the girl in her statement under section 164 of Cr.P.C. has not made any allegation against any of the petitioners, let the petitioners, above named, in the event of their arrest or surrender before learned court below within a period of four weeks from the date of communication of this order, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 5,000/- (five thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Motihari, East Champaran, in connection with Kalyanpur P.S. Case No. 68 of 2009. Safik (Ashwani Kumar Singh, J.)