IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.22150 of 2009 Mukesh Kumar Singh, son of Anirudh Singh, resident of Village- Mahesh Latti under P.S.-Sajour, District- Bhagalpur. ………………………………… .Petitioner. Versus The State of Bihar ………………………Opposite Party ----------- 2 24.6.2009 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. Petitioner has been made accused in a case arising out of Sahkund (Sajour) P.S.Case No.166/2008. The sum and substance of the allegation as set out against the petitioner is that the petitioner is said to have been given tuition to the daughter of the informant, namely, Sushma Kumari. It has been alleged that during the course of his inter-action as a tutor, the petitioner enticed the daughter of the informant Sushma Kumari and on 6.9.2008 when the informant woke up at 5 A.M. in the morning, he found his daughter missing. During course of search, when the informant enquired from the father of the petitioner, he was informed that daughter of the informant had got married with the son i.e. the petitioner herein and the allegation is that the father of the petitioner threatened the informant from lodging any complaint. It is thereupon that the aforesaid case was instituted. The petitioner is said to be in jail custody since 11.12.2008. 2 In her statement given under Section 164 Cr.P.C. the daughter of the informant has shown her willingness to stay with the petitioner and admitted her marriage with the petitioner. The School Leaving Certificate of the daughter of the informant has been placed at Annexure-3 to the petition, and according to which, the date of birth of the daughter is 5.6.1989 which makes her twenty years as of today and more than nineteen years on the date of occurrence. In view of the matter that the girl is a major and has married the petitioner with her consent and is willing to stay with him, the petitioner, namely, Mukesh Kumar Singh is directed 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 Additional Sessions Judge- FTC No.I, Bhagalpur, in connection with Sessions Case No.283/2009. SKBOSE (Jyoti Saran,J.)