Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.29489 of 2012 (3) dt.23-11-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.29489 of 2012 ====================================================== Sunil Kumar .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 03/ 23-11-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that daughter of the informant was taken by this petitioner from her house for appearing in viva-voice examination and thereafter the daughter of the informant did not return. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that, in fact, the victim did not went in the company of this petitioner and the petitioner also appeared in the examination in second half and none of the school teachers and staff admitted this fact that the victim was in the company of this petitioner and Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.29489 of 2012 (3) dt.23-11-2012 the informant has subsequently retracted from the initial version. Let the learned court below consider the regular bail of the petitioner, if the informant denies the involvement of the petitioner and if the petitioner surrenders before the learned court below within a period of six weeks from today in connection with Maniyari P.S. Case No. 72 of 2011 pending in the court of learned SDJM, (West), Muzaffarpur. With the aforesaid observation, this application is disposed of. Let the order be transmitted to the learned court below through fax at the cost of the petitioner. DKS/ (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J.)

Applicable IPC Section: 366

Statute Text:
Section 366 of the Indian Penal Code. Kidnapping or abducting a woman to compel her marriage or to cause her defilement etc. Whoever kidnaps or abducts any woman with intent that she may be compelled, or knowing it to be likely that she will be compelled, to marry any person against her will, or in order that she may be forced or seduced to illicit intercourse, or knowing it to be likely that she will be forced or seduced to illicit intercourse, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine; and whoever, by means of criminal intimidation as defined in this Code or of abuse of authority or any other method of compulsion, induces any woman to go from any place with intent that she may be, or knowing that it is likely that she will be, forced or seduced to illicit intercourse with another person shall also be punishable as aforesaid.