IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.33244 of 2008 ASHOK KUMAR SINGH @ ASHOK CHAUDHARY @ ASHOK KR.CHOUDHARY Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 4. 28.8.08 Heard Mr. B.J. Ojha for the petitioner, and Mr. Parmeshwar Mehta, learned A.P.P. The sole petitioner seeks bail in Buxat(Town) P.S. Case No.308 of 2004, registered under sections 420 and 406/34 of the Indian Penal Code. While pressing this application, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that, on the own showing of the complainant, the petitioner and his mother, the co-accused declined to marry the present petitioner with the complainant’s daughter, and the present complaint petition has been filed on 10.10.2001. He also submits that the complainant did not press the complaint petition and was ultimately forwarded to the police on 15.10.2004. It is also stated in paragraph 5 of this bail application that the petitioner has already married. He lastly submits that the petitioner is in custody since 22.6.2008. Learned Additional Public Prosecutor opposes the application and submits that the petitioner should return the items of gift 2 that he has received from the complainant after his mother has agreed to marry her son to the complainant’s daughter. I have perused the materials on record and considered the submissions of learned counsel for the parties. Let the petitioner, Ashok Kumar Singh alias Ashok Chaudhary alias Ashok Kr. Chaudhary, 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 the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Buxar in Buxar(Town) P.S. Case No.308 of 2004. ( S. K. Katriar, J.) Vinay/