IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.30841 of 2008 DOMI DAS & ANR Versus STATE OF BIHAR with Cr.Misc. No.31914 of 2008 RANJEET RAM Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 3 26/09/2008 Above noted applications arise out of one occurrence i.e. Saharsa Rail P.S. Case No. 14 of 2008 as such they are being heard together and disposed of by this common order. The petitioners are accused of a case which has been registered under sections 263 (A), 365/34 of the Indian Penal Code and section 23 of the Child Labour Act. Allegation is that nine minor children aged about 12-15 years were being carried for the purpose of providing employment to them by the petitioners and others. Submission is that the petitioners are not responsible for carrying the children as the children were escaping from hunger which they were facing in their respective houses. All the children were major and the petitioners have no concern with their transportation. Considering the facts and circumstances of the - 2 - case, the petitioners Domi Das, Sunil Ram of Cr. Misc. no. 30841 of 2008 and the petitioner Ranjeet Ram of Cr. Misc. No. 31914 of 2008 are directed to be released on bail on furnishing of bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Railway J. M., Khagaria in connection with Saharsa Rail P.S. Case No. 14 of 2008. avin (Shyam Kishore Sharma, J.)