IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.35136 of 2009 1. SHOBHA DEVI, WIFE OF PUNA RAM 2. BHIKHU RAM, SON OF LATE CHOKAT RAM BOTH RESIDENTS OF VILLAGE SHEOPATTI, P.S. SHANICHARI, DISTRICT WEST CHAMPARAN. ----- PETITIONERS Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR ----- OPPOSITE PARTY ----------- 2 19.11.2009 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and the counsel appearing on behalf of the State. Petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case under Section 366(A) of the Indian Penal Code. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that in the statement under Section 164 Cr.P.C. the alleged victim girl has stated that she had gone to visit the house of her maternal grant mother and she returned home after her brother went to fetch her. It is further submitted that the girl is married to one Sri Ramayan Ram and is living with her husband. It is also submitted that prima facie there appears to be no evidence of kidnapping. The age of the victim girl does not matter for the purposes of this case. Be that as it may, petitioners namely Shobha Devi and Bhikhu Ram are directed to be released on anticipatory bail in the event of their arrest or surrender within a period of six weeks in connection with Jogapatti (Shanichari) P.S. Case No. 41 of 2009 on furnishing bail bonds of rupees ten thousand each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bettiah, West Champaran subject to the conditions laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. Sanjay (Sheema Ali Khan, J.)