Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.685 of 2012 ====================================================== Satyam Kumar Singh .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 20-03-2012 Petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that petitioner and one Bachul Mandal took the daughter of the complainant by force on 15.02.2010 and thereafter petitioner established forceful physical relationship on promise of marriage when the victim got pregnant then on 12.09.2010 the pregnancy was terminated and thereafter she was left to her parent’s house. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that for the occurrence of 15.02.2010 the complaint was lodged after much delay which came to be registered as police case on 08.08.2011 and with similar accusation the victim has also lodged a complaint being Complaint Case No. 2082 of 2010. The medical report does not suggest any assault Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.685 of 2012 (3) dt.20-03-2012 2 / 2 2 when the age of the victim was assessed as 18 years and no surgical interference was suggested by the doctor suggesting termination of pregnancy. Considering the delayed lodging of the complaint and the medical opinion not corroborating the accusation, let the petitioner namely Satyam Kumar Singh, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bhagalpur in connection Kahalgaon(Shiv Narayanpur) P.S. Case No. 285 of 2011. Shageer/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 343

Statute Text:
Section 343 of the Indian Penal Code. Wrongfully confining for 3 or more days. Whoever wrongfully confines any person for three days or more, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.