Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.35522 of 2012 ====================================================== Pramod Mahto @ Pramod Kumar .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 03/ 09-10-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . Subsequently [STATUTE] was also added. The accusation is of kidnapping of the cousin brother of the informant. The FIR was lodged against unknown. The name of the petitioner sprang up during investigation of the supervising authority after nine months of the occurrence when it is alleged that one Rubi Kumari, who was seen with the victim sometime after the occurrence talked with this petitioner. It is submitted by learned counsel for the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.35522 of 2012 (3) dt.09-10-2012 2/2 petitioner that with regard to the petitioner the investigation is till pending. It appears that Sharwan Yadav and Anil Kewat have been granted regular bail vide Cr. Misc. Nos. 25963 of 2008 and 28824 of 2008. This Court sees no reason for learned court below not to give same privilege to the petitioner, if the petitioner surrenders before the learned court below within a period of six weeks from today in connection with Nawada Town P.S. Case No. 155 of 2007 pending in the court of learned CJM, Nawada. It is expected from the learned court below to dispose of the regular bail application of the petitioner preferably on same day. 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: 364A

Statute Text:
Section 364A of the Indian Penal Code. Kidnapping for ransom, etc. Whoever kidnaps or abducts any person or keeps a person in detention after such kidnapping or abduction, and threatens to cause death or hurt to such person, or by his conduct gives rise to a reasonable apprehension that such person may be put to death or hurt, or causes hurt or death to such person in order to compel the Government or any foreign State or international inter-governmental organisation or any other person to do or abstain from doing any act or to pay a ransom, shall be punishable with death or imprisonment for life, and shall also be liable to fine.