IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.2385 of 2009 ASHOK RAUT S/O-Laxmi Raut, R/O-Vill-Mane Chauk, P.S.-Runni Saidpur, Distt.-Sitamarhi. …………………………………………..Petitioner. Versus STATE OF BIHAR ……………………………………..Opposite Party. ----------- 2/ 27.02.2009 Heard learned Counsel for the petitioner, learned Counsel appearing on behalf of the State and learned Counsel for the informant. The case has been registered under Sections 363, 366A & 372 of the Indian Penal Code against seven named accused persons. The petitioner is one of the named accused. The occurrence is of 01.05.2007 and the First Information Report has been registered on 24.05.2007 on the allegation that the informant’s daughter Ruchi Kumari aged 13 years was found missing. Search was made. Later on the informant came to know that Ruchi Kumari has been married with Rinku Kumar. Submission is that the petitioner is not at all involved with the marriage of the victim Ruchi Kumari. The victim has given a petition before the Court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sitamarhi in which another version has come that she is a major lady and was desirous of giving her statement under Section 164 of the Cr.P.C. She has stated that she is already a mother of a - 2 - child and the efforts are being made to eliminate her. The victim was examined at N.M.C.H. A request form of that hospital i.e. (Annexure-3) in that form the age of the victim has been mentioned as 18 years. Prayer for bail has been opposed by learned Counsel appearing on behalf of the informant who has submitted that the victim is still traceless and some other accused persons who have been granted bail have remained in custody for 16 months whereas the petitioner has remained in custody only for few months. Regarding another anticipatory bail it has been submitted that already a cancellation petition for anticipatory bail has been filed. Case of the petitioner prima facie appears to be akin to those accused persons who have been granted bail. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, let the above named petitioner be released from custody on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sitamarhi in connection with Sitamarhi P.S. Case No. 267 of 2007. kksinha/ (Shyam Kishore Sharma, J.)