Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.42689 of 2012 (2) dt.13-12-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.42689 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Basant Mahato @ Basant Kumar Mahto, 2. Sanoj Kumar Mahto .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 13-12-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners are apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The accusation is of kidnapping the minor sister of the informant. It is alleged by the victim in 164 Cr.P.C. statement that one Manoj alias Tuntun and others abducted her when she informed her brother through mobile when her brother came and rescued her . It is submitted that the victim has been assessed by the medical board aged between 18 to 19 years and she of her own returned from the captivity. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named petitioners be released on anticipatory bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of twelve Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.42689 of 2012 (2) dt.13-12-2012 weeks from today on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned CJM, Motihari in connection with Kesariya P.S. Case No. 37 of 2012 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Anil/- (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.