IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.33854 of 2011 Digvijay Singh @ Pali @ Sandesh Versus The State Of Bihar ---- 03/ 09.12.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner is in jail custody since 9.7.2011 in a case registered under sections 363, 366A/34 of the IPC. Admittedly, victim returned her home and her statement under section 164 Cr.P.C has been recorded but victim stated in her statement that she was taken to Forbesganj by four persons and one Puja who happens to be her friend and later on, she was made confined in a room where she was badly assaulted by the petitioner and later on, she any how fled away from the clutches of the petitioner and her kidnapers and came to her sister’s home from where she was recovered by the police. It is surprisingly enough that she has stated in her statement that it was the petitioner who had informed the police about her whereabouts and subsequently, she was kept in the police station for two days and after that her statement under section 164 Cr.P.C was recorded. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that, as a matter of fact, there was love affairs between the petitioner and the victim and she was eloped with the petitioner but later on, petitioner informed the police about her presence at her sister’s home. It appears that the victim has been found aged about 16 years by the learned Magistrate whereas in her medical examination - 2 - she has been found between 17 to 19 years. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner, Digvijay Singh @ Pali @ Sandesh, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Muzaffarpur in Muzaffarpur Town P.S. Case no. 295/2011. shahid (Hemant Kumar Srivastava,J)