Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.26327 of 2012 (3) dt.25-09-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.26327 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Suresh Mistri, S/O-Kedar Mistri 2. Ganesh Mistri, S/O-Kedar Mistri 3. Ranjeet Kumar, S/O-Suresh Mistri 4. Pramod Mistri, S/O-Dhaneshwar Mistri .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 3 25-09-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners as well as learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioners are named in the first information report on the charges that the informant had been made captive in the house of petitioner no. 2 by the petitioners. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that there was some dispute between informant and petitioner no. 2 on account of some payment and even if the prosecution story assumed to be true, then also, [STATUTE] are not applicable and at best, [STATUTE] is applicable for which petitioners have already remained in jail custody for near about six months. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioners be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.26327 of 2012 (3) dt.25-09-2012 each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Lakhisarai in connection with Lakhisarai (Ramgarh Chowk) P.S. Case No. 98 of 2012. SHAHZAD/- (Hemant Kumar Srivastava, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 367

Statute Text:
Section 367 of the Indian Penal Code. Kidnapping or abducting in order to subject a person to grievous hurt, slavery, etc. Whoever kidnaps or abducts any person in order that such person may be subjected, or may be so disposed of as to be put in danger of being subjected to grievous hurt, or slavery, or to the unnatural lust of any person, or knowing it to be likely that such person will be so subjected or disposed of, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.