Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.30559 of 2012 ====================================================== Vikash Kumar Bharti .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 28-08-2012 Petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . Accusation is of kidnapping the minor daughter of the informant. The victim in her 164 Cr.P.C. statement got her age recorded as 19 years whereas the court assessed the age of the victim as 17 years. The victim in her 164 Cr.P.C. statement has stated that she, of her own, married with the petitioner. The doctor assessed the age of the victim between 17 to 19 years. Considering the same, let the petitioner namely Vikash Kumar Bharti, 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 Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.30559 of 2012 (2) dt.28-08-2012 2 / 2 2 each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Madhepura in connection with Kumarkhand P.S. Case No. 142 of 2011, corresponding to G.R. No. 1403 of 2011. Shageer/- (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.