IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.17475 of 2009 BIJENDRA LAL @ BIGEN LAL Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----- 4/ 07-11-2009 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Addl. P.P. for the State. Petitioner has been charged under sections 366A and 376 of the Penal Code. He is an accused in Antichak P.S. Case No. 568 of 2008. Statement was made by one Yogesh Mandal that his daughter, Soni Kumari, went with the petitioner on 17/18. 10.2008 on the pretext of visiting the fair organized in the village on Durga Puja and thereafter they were not heard of. Subsequently it has been emerged that the petitioner took the girl to Amritsar forcibly, put the vermilion on her head and claimed matrimony with the victim. She has alleged that he even confined her in a room and committed illegal things. Age of the girl has been stated to be below 18 years. Submission of the counsel of the petitioner is that the petitioner and the victim were known to each other though love is professed by him but there is nothing to support that in his statement made under section 164 Cr.P.C. but he submits that when he learnt about the institution of the case he voluntarily returned 2 with the girl and thereafter he was arrested and remanded to judicial custody. Petitioner has been in custody since 10.08.2008 and still he is ready to cooperate in the trial and will not intimidate witnesses and is willing to abide by all the conditions. Taking into consideration the totality of the allegations and the materials, let the petitioner, above named, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 20,000/- (Twenty thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of A.D.J.( F.T.C. I ), Bhagalpur in connection with Antichak (Kahalgaon) P.S. Case No. 568 of 2008, S.T. No. 211 of 2009. One of the sureties will be executed by the mother of the petitioner on due identification by the court below. The petitioner will not intimidate the witnesses and will appear on each and every date fixed by the trial court either through himself or through his counsel. ( Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J ) BTiwary/