IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.31306 of 2011 ====================================================== Jitendra Ram son of Sri Ram alias Siya Ram, resident of village- Rampur, P.S. Rajpur, District- Buxar. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Shashank Shekhar Sinha, Adv. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Shyam Bihari Singh, Addl. P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE BIRENDRA PRASAD VERMA ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE BIRENDRA PRASAD VERMA) 2 13-10-2011 Heard the parties. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a criminal prosecution registered under Sections 366(A), 376/ 34 of the Indian Penal Code. According to the prosecution case, one Sangita Kumari, aged about 13 years, a student of Class-VIII, was taken to Delhi and was sexually assaulted by the accused persons, specially co- accused Damodar Ram and Suresh Ram. The petitioner is also named in the F.I.R. as an accused and is alleged to have been instrumental in commission of the crime in question. In her statement under Section 164 Cr. P.C. the minor victim girl has fully supported the prosecution case. In view of serious nature of allegation in the F.I.R., vide Annexure1, this Court is not inclined to accede to the prayer made on behalf of the petitioner for grant of anticipatory bail. It is, accordingly, rejected. The petitioner must surrender in the court below within a period of four weeks from today in connection with Rajpur P.S. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.31306 of 2011 (2) dt.13-10-2011 2 / 2 2 Case No. 107 of 2010, arising out of Complaint Case No. 813 ( C ) of 2010, pending in the court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Buxar and, if so advised, seek regular bail which shall be considered on its own merit, without being prejudiced by the present order. BTiwary/- (Birendra Prasad Verma, J)