IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.52996 of 2008 ANAND KUMAR @ MITHU VERMA, son of Janardan Prasad Verma, resident of mohalla Chitranjan Road, Purani Bazar, P.S. Lakhisarai, District - Lakhisarai Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 2/ 30.01.2009 Heard. The case has been registered under section 376 of I.P.C. Some of the undisputed facts are that the lady who was 18 years of age, was cohabited with the petitioner allegedly under the promise of the petitioner that he would marry her. The lady became pregnant and when she pointed out this fact to the petitioner, he first attempted to get the lady aborted but she refused whereafter the petitioner refused to marry her. The lady approached the family members of the petitioners and they assaulted and pushed her out of the house. It is alleged that the petitioner had threatened to blackmail the lady by publishing her photographs, letters etc. which the petitioner had in his possession. The contention was that the facts may not constitute an offence under section 376 I.P.C. nor the case could be one under section 493 of the Code, it could, at best, be an offence of cheating. I have considered the allegations and the arguments and considering that, let two petitioners above named be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10000/(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of C.J.M. - 2 - Lakhisarai in G.R. No. 739 of 2008 arising out of Lakhisarai P.S. Case no. 305 of 2008. Anil/ (Dharnidhar Jha, J.)