IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr. Misc. No.2160 of 2009 ***** Mukesh Kumar son of Vishwanath Singh of village Kothwan, P.S. Khagaul, District-Patna. …. …. Petitioner Versus The State of Bihar …. …. Opposite party ----------- 5. 19.11.2009. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned A.P.P. for the State. Let the petitioner correct the name of the Court where the case is pending in the prayer portion of the bail application. Petitioner was sent to judicial custody on 9.9.2008 after Khagaul P.S. Case No.116/2008 was registered for an offence under Section 376 Indian Penal Code. Submission of the learned counsel for the petitioner is that the petitioner is also of a young, impressionable age and has remained in custody for more than a year now and there is some evidence or material to show that the act performed by the petitioner could be consensual. But looking at the age of the girl how much profit is going to help the petitioner in the actual trial is for the trial court to see. In the totality of the allegation and the period the petitioner has spend in custody and his age, let the petitioner, namely, Mukesh Kumar, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond in the sum of Rs.20,000/- (Twenty Thousand) with two sureties in the like amount each to the satisfaction of A.D.J., Danapur, Patna in S. Tr. No.462/09 arising out of Khagaul P.S. Case No.116/08. One of the sureties will be executed by the father of the petitioner on due identification. It is further recorded that the petitioner will not intimidate or threaten the witnesses and come in the - 2 - process of law. The petitioner would be well obliged to cooperate in the trial either by appearing through himself or through his counsel on each and every date fixed by the trial Court. Pawan/- (Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J.)