JUDGMENT

Ahsanuddin Amanullah, J. - The matter has been heard via video conferencing.

2. Heard Mr. Suneil Kumar Thakur, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Ajay Kumar Jha, learned Additional Public Prosecutor (hereinafter referred to as the 'APP') for the State.

3. The petitioner apprehends arrest in connection with Ujjiyarpur PS Case No. 87 of 2019 dated 12.05.2019, instituted under Sections 376/34 of the Indian Penal Code.

4. The allegation against the petitioner and others is of abduction of the informant and physical abuse.

5. On 01.07.2021, the Court had recorded the following submission of learned counsel for the petitioner:

"5. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that he is the neighbour of the husband of the girl, as she was a married woman, and the cousin of the petitioner, co-accused Shravan Kumar Sahani, had developed relationship with her and both of them had run away, but when the girl was recovered, she was made to file the complaint case and also get her statement recorded under Section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (hereinafter referred to as the 'Code') against all the accused, including the petitioner, just to save the honour and dignity a