Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.16432 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Suresh Yadav @ Suresh Singh 2. Rajendra Yadav @ Rajendra Singh 3. Malti Devi .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 02/ 04-05-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The accusation is of kidnapping the daughter of the informant. In 164 Cr.P.C. statement of the victim the accusation has been levelled against Mannu Kushwaha to have taken the victim girl by force whereas it is stated by the victim that these petitioners brought the victim to her house. Considering the 164 Cr.P.C. statement of the victim girl, let the above named petitioners be released Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.16432 of 2012 (2) dt.04-05-2012 2/2 on anticipatory bail in the event of their arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve 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 learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Buxar in connection with Sikroul P.S. Case No. 11 of 2012, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. DKS/ (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.