IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.595 of 2011 Shankar Das, Son of Late Umdi Das @ Late Umesh Das, resident of Village- Narkatiya, P.S. Kharik, District- Bhagalpur............................Petitioner. Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR..............Opposite Party. ----------- 2. 02.02.2011. Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner happens to be the cousin father-in-law of the informant who is apprehending his arrest in a case registered under Sections 341,323, 447, 376/511 and 379 of the Indian Penal Code. It is alleged that the petitioner tried to establish physical relationship with the informant. Admittedly, the alleged occurrence took place on 09.05.2010 at 6.00 A.M. in the morning whereas written report has been lodged on 08.08.2010. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner lodged a complaint case no. 410 of 2010 under Sections 147, 148, 149,448, 323,452, 386,387,504,307, 380,34 of the I.P.C. and Section 27 of the Arms Act against the husband of the informant on 14.05.2010 as contained in Annexure-2. Hence, as 2 a retaliatory measure the present case has been lodged. Considering unexplained delay in lodging of the F.I.R. and the fact that the petitioner’s side filed the case against the informant’s side three months prior to occurrence, let the petitioner, abovenamed, be released on bail on his surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today in connection with Kharik P.S. Case No.94 of 2010 on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned A.C.J.M. Naugachia, District- Bhagalpur, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. U.K. (Dinesh Kumar Singh,J.)