JUDGEMENT
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(1.) This application has been
filed for quashing of the order dated 29-11-2004
passed by the Sessions Judge,
Sahebganj, dismissing the revision
application filed by the petitioner on the ground
that refusing to release an accused on bail
under Section 167(2), Cr. P. C. was not a
final order rather was an interlocutory order, therefore,
the revision filed by the petitioner was not maintainable.
(2.) The facts in short are that the informant Nimai Ghosh lodged a first
information report on 26-6-2004 alleging inter alia
that on 17-6-2004, his minor sister Mamuni
Ghosh aged about 13 years was enticed away
by the petitioner and others in order to marry
her and she was taken towards Farakka in
a car. The informant came to know about
the said fact from his wife when he returned
home. He further alleged that he made hectic search for his sister but she could not be
traced out.
On the basis of this information the F. I.
R. was registered under Section 366-A/34
of the Indian Penal Code. The petitioner was
arrested in connection with the said case
on 22-7-2004 and since then he is in custody.
(3.) A petition was filed by the petitioner
before the A.C.J.M.. Rajmahal for releasing
him on bail under the provisions of Section
167(2), Cr. P. C. on the ground that till 22-9-2004,
i.e. before the expiry of the period
of 60 days no charge-sheet was submitted
by the police against him and, therefore, he
is entitled to be released on bail. The learned
A. C. J. M. by order dated 22-9-2004 rejected
such prayer of the petitioner on the
ground that the benefit of bail under Section 167(2),
Cr. P. C. for the offence punishable under Section 366-A/34,1.P.C. will
accrue after 90 days of detention and, not
after 60 days as claimed by the petitioner.;
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