Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.16102 of 2012 (2) dt.04-05-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.16102 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Ganga Prasad Singh, 2. Suresh Singh .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 04-05-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners are apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences under [STATUTE] . The accusation is of kidnapping the nephew of the informant on pistol point and payment of ransom of rupees five lacs. It is submitted that in fact the victim was married with the daughter of petitioner no. 1 much prior to the alleged lodging of the FIR and when there arose some dispute with regard to payment of dowry, the case has been lodged. Petitioner no. 1 is aged seventy years and petitioner no. 2 is a handicapped person. It appears that the victim has returned home. Considering the nature of accusation and the fact that the victim has returned home, let the above named petitioners be Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.16102 of 2012 (2) dt.04-05-2012 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 Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Begusarai in connection with Begusarai Mufassil P.S. Case No. 366 of 2011 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Anil/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 364A

Statute Text:
Section 364A of the Indian Penal Code. Kidnapping for ransom, etc. Whoever kidnaps or abducts any person or keeps a person in detention after such kidnapping or abduction, and threatens to cause death or hurt to such person, or by his conduct gives rise to a reasonable apprehension that such person may be put to death or hurt, or causes hurt or death to such person in order to compel the Government or any foreign State or international inter-governmental organisation or any other person to do or abstain from doing any act or to pay a ransom, shall be punishable with death or imprisonment for life, and shall also be liable to fine.