IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr Misc No 5270 of 2011 Prabhat Ranjan Bharti @ Prabhat Ranjan Bhari, son of Jay Prakash Ram, resident of village – Shanti Nagar, Newa Lal Chowk, P S – Maranga, District – Purnea - Petitioner Versus The State of Bihar - Opposite Party ----------- 2 14.03.2011 The petitioner is in custody in relation to Khazanchi Hat (Maranga) Police Station Case No 334 of 2010 instituted under Sections 363, 366A/34 of Indian Penal Code. It is alleged that the petitioner kidnapped the informant’s minor daughter who is Muslim for the purposes of marriage. Learned counsel for the petitioner draws attention of this Court to the statement of the victim girl as recorded under Section 164 of Criminal Procedure Code which the victim girl gave from coming from her own house. In the statement, she alleges her age to be 18 years which is assessed at 17 or 16 years by the Court and that she was being physically abused by her father and she had requested the petitioner to rescue her. The petitioner, having rescued her, married her and she is now mother of his child and she wants to got and live with him rather than her parents. Be that as it may, the petitioner abovenamed is directed to be released on bail on his furnishing bonds of Rs 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Purnea in Khazanchi Hat (Maranga) Police Station Case No 334 of 2010. M.E.H./ (Navaniti Prasad Singh)