IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.23645 of 2011 Md. Ejaz Ahmad @ Md. Ajaz Ahmad, son of Sheikh Abu Saleh, resident of village-Juakhar, P.S.-Sahkund, District-Bhagalpur. ………….Petitioner. Versus The State of Bihar ……….Opposite Party. ----------- 2. 20.07.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel appearing for the State. The petitioner apprehends arrest in connection with a case registered for the offence under section 376 of the Indian Penal Code. It is submitted on behalf of the petitioner that from perusal of the F.I.R. itself it would appear that the informant of this case who is major was a consenting partner and she got this case instituted only after she became pregnant and the matter came to knowledge of others. Of course, there is allegation that sexual relationship was established on the pretext of marriage. The informant has alleged that the petitioner subsequently, declined to marry the informant of this case, as a result of which the present case has been instituted. Learned counsel for the State opposes the prayer for grant of bail. Be that as it may, taking into consideration the fact that the informant herself was a consenting 2 partner, let the petitioner, namely, Md. Ejaz Ahmad @ Md. Ajaz Ahmad, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of four weeks from the date of communication of this order, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 5,000/- (Five thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bhagalpur in connection with Sahkund P.S. Case No. 24 of 2011. Sanjeet/ (Ashwani Kumar Singh, J.)