Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.42312 of 2012 (2) dt.10-12-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.42312 of 2012 ====================================================== Chandan Kumar .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 02/ 10.12.2012 Supplementary affidavit is filed on behalf of the petitioner. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner is in jail custody since 19.4.2012 in a case registered under [STATUTE] . The contention on behalf of the petitioner is that at the behest of father of the victim, another case bearing Bihar P.S. case no. 259/2012 was registered against the petitioner and in the aforesaid case, statement of the victim was recorded under section 164 Cr.P.C in which she specifically stated that she voluntarily solemnized her marriage with the petitioner and furthermore, victim was found major by learned Magistrate who recorded the statement of the victim. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner, Chandan Kumar, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Sri R.K. Mishra, Judicial Magistrate, Ist Class, Nalanda at Biharsharif in Bihar P.S. Case no. 55/2012. Shahid (Hemant Kumar Srivastava,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.