IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr. Misc. No.35067 of 2010 RANJAN KUMAR (JUVENILE), S/O RAM PYARE MEHTA, R/O VILLAGE NIMSAR, P.S. ALIPUR, DISTRICT GAYA THROUGH RAMPYARE MEHTA, F/O RANJAN KUMAR, S/O REJKUMAR PRASAD, R/O VILLAGE NIMSAR, P.S. ALIPUR, DISTRICT GAYA .. PETITIONER Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR .. OPPOSITE PARTY **** /2/ 12 October 2010 Heard learned counsel for the parties. 2. This is a petition for grant of anticipatory for offence under Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code. 3. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the victim and the petitioner like each other and they want to marry. It is also submitted that the petitioner is minor and has annexed the certificate of the Bihar School Examination Board in which his date of birth is mentioned as 10.07.1993 and, hence, is about seventeen years. However, the victim girl is also aged about fourteen years, as alleged in the first information report and in the statement under Section 164 of the Criminal Procedure Code. 4. However, having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, I am not inclined to grant 2 anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 5. The prayer for anticipatory bail is rejected. 6. However, if the petitioner surrenders and prays for regular bail that will be considered on it’s own merit without being prejudiced of this order. S.A. ( Gopal Prasad, J. )