Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.36270 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Janardhan Das @ Janardan Das 2. Sushila Devi. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 25-09-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioners are apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The accusation is of kidnapping the daughter of the informant. A certified copy of the 164 Cr. P.C. statement of the victim has been produced by the counsel for the petitioners, let it be kept on record, where the victim got her age recorded as 21 years when the court has assessed her as 19 years where she has stated that she went in the company of Bipin Kumar with whom she was in love. The petitioners are the parents of Bipin Kumar. Considering the 164 Cr. P.C. statement of the victim, let the above named petitioners be released on anticipatory bail, in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.36270 of 2012 (2) dt.25-09-2012 2/2 Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bhagalpur in connection with Mojahidpur P.S. Case No. 119 of 2010, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Amrendra/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 366A

Statute Text:
Section 366A of the Indian Penal Code. Procuration of minor girl. Whoever, by any means whatsoever, induces any minor girl under the age of eighteen years to go from any place or to do any act with intent that such girl may be, or knowing that it is likely that she will be, forced or seduced to illicit intercourse with another person shall be punishable with imprisonment which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.