IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.40625 of 2008 MUNSHILAL RAI Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 3. 12.1.2009 Heard Sri Shakil Ahmad Khan, Senior Advocate for the petitioner and the learned A.P.P. for the State. It is true that the petitioner does not have any allegation either of participating in the young lady being taken away from the custody of a legal guardian and it is also true that there is no allegation that the young lady was even abused or slapped by the petitioner. What is found against the petitioner, is that he knew that the lady had been brought out of the guardianship of her parents and still bought the young girl for Rs.20,000/- as appears stated by the victim in her statement under Section 164 Cr.P.C. It is a case definitely of trafficking of a woman who was also violated sexually but that part of the story relates to other accused persons. I was initially not inclined to consider the prayer for bail of the petitioner considering the magnitude of the offence and his participation in buying of a slave, but after being shown Annexure-3, a medical report which indicates as if the petitioner could be aged 68 years, submission being that the petitioner is 70 years of age, I direct the above named petitioner to be released from custody on furnishing bond of Rs.10,000/-(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Samastipur in Musrigharari P.S.Case No.87 of 2008. B.Kr. ( Dharnidhar Jha, J. )