Jharkhand High Court
Durja Thakur Alias Duryodhan Thakur vs The State Of Jharkhand on 11 February, 2015
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI
B.A. No. 8988 of 2014
Durja Thakur @ Duryodhan Thakur, s/o Badal Thakur, r/o Sector IX/B, Murga
Dukan, P.O. Sector IX, P.S. Harla, Distt. Bokaro ...... Petitioner
Versus
The State of Jharkhand ...... Opposite Party
CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE D.N. UPADHYAY
For the Petitioner : Mrs. Vandana Singh, Advocate
For the Informant : Mr. Rajesh Kumar, Advocate
For the State : A.P.P.
Order No.05 Dated : 11
th
February, 2015
Heard learned counsel for the parties.
The petitioner is accused in connection with Harla P.S. Case No.150 of 2014 corresponding to G.R. Case No.1361 of 2014, pending in the Court of learned S.D.J.M., Bokaro.
It reveals from the F.I.R. that Priyanka Kumari was abducted by the petitioner with an intention to marry.
It is submitted that petitioner has committed no offence. The victim has stated nothing incriminating against the petitioner in her statement recorded u/s 164 Cr.P.C. Later she has changed her version in the affidavit sworn by her. Now a third story has been stated by the victim in her statement recorded during trial. The petitioner is languishing in jail for more than five months.
Learned counsel appearing for the informant has opposed the prayer for bail and submitted that victim was compelled by the police to give statement tutored to her and due to fear she had repeated the story which she was asked to tell before the Court. In the affidavit sworn by her, she has given clear picture of the incident and now in the Court during trial she has supported the prosecution case.
Admittedly, the statement of victim on all points is not consistent in her three statement but the fact remains that she has stated that she was abducted by the petitioner and forcibly taken to a place and petitioner also compelled her to marry.
In the circumstances stated above, I do not feel inclined to release the petitioner on bail. Accordingly, the prayer for bail made on behalf of above named petitioner stands rejected.
(D. N. Upadhyay, J.) NKC