IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.8589 of 2008 LAL PARI DEVI & ANR Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 3 02.5.2008 The two petitioners have prayed for anticipatory bail as they apprehend their arrest in connection with Patahi P.S. Case No. 27 of 2006 registered under section 366A I.P.C., pursuant to the alleged abduction of Rinki Kumari, a minor girl aged 13 years. Though the petitioners are not named in the F.I.R. it has transpired from the statement of the victim girl recorded under section 164 Cr.P.C., the specific and active role played by the petitioners in her abduction and subsequent sexual assault by others. The learned counsel for the petitioners sought to tone down the relevancy of the victim’s statement under section 164 Cr.P.C. in the light of the initial F.I.R. and events following. However, I am not ready to accept these submissions in the face of the statement of the victim girl made under section 164 Cr.P.C. which carries sacrosanct value unless destroyed in course of trial. In the circumstances, the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioners is hereby rejected. Sanjay (Abhijit Sinha, J.)