IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.25361 of 2008 LALA MAHTO @ UDAY MAHTO Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 3/ 05.08.2008 Heard learned Counsel for the petitioner and learned Counsel appearing on behalf of the State. According to Durga Ram his daughter Sanjula Kumari aged about 15 years was found missing. The case was registered under Sections 366, 366A/34 of the Indian Penal Code on the suspicion that she might have been taken away by this petitioner and four others. In course of investigation the victim was examined under Section 164 Cr. P.C. and she has supported that she was raped by the accused persons. Submission is that now the trial has begun and the alleged victim has been examined as P.W. 6. She in her evidence has exonerated all the accused persons whatever she has stated under Section 164 Cr.P.C. The informant has also been examined as P.W. 7 and he has not supported any part of the prosecution. He has been declared hostile. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the petitioner Lala Mahto @ Uday Mahto is ordered to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Sri I.B. Prasad, Additional Sessions Judge, F.T.C. No. 4, Bihar Sharif in connection with Asthawan (Bind) P.S. Case No. 160/2006. kksinha/ (Shyam Kishore Sharma, J.)