IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr. Misc. No.5596 of 2009 Ramanand Prasad, S/o Late Ram Ekbal Sah, resident of village Ashogi, P.S.-Purnahiya, Distt-Sheohar, at present resident of Mohalla-Janki Asthan, Riga Road, Town, P.S. & Distt.-Sitamarhi. . . . . . . Petitioner. Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR WITH Cr. Misc. No.10648 of 2009 Alok Kumar, S/o Shri Ramanand Prasad, resident of Mohalla-Janki Asthan, Ward No.2, Riga Road, P.S. & District- Sitamarhi. . . . . . Petitioner. Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 2/ 23.04.2009 Since both the applications have arisen out of one and the same police case, they have been heard together and are being disposed of by this common order. Petitioners seek bail in a case which has been registered for the offences under Sections 363 and 366 A of the Indian Penal Code against the petitioners and their other family members. Informant’s daughter Sajia Praveen @ Guddi vanished with petitioner Alok Kumar. The informant has roped him and other family members of Alok Kumar. Submission is that the victim, in her statement recorded under Section 164 of Code of Criminal Procedure states that she was married with petitioner Alok Kumar. Now she was willing to revoke her marriage. It has been further submitted that the girl is a major. The muslim girl, who has attained 15 years, is competent to marry according to her free will without permission of her guardian. In fact the girl is aged 20 years. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, - 2 - petitioners, named above, are directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten thousand), each, with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sitamarhi / concerned court in connection with Sitamarhi P.S. case no. 659 of 2008. Uday/ (Shyam Kishore Sharma, J.)