Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.16710 of 2012 ====================================================== Kishna Batar @ Kishnu Batar @ Kishno Batar .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 08-05-2012 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. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that victim has voluntary married with the petitioner and she has shown affidavit to that effect before Superintendent of Police, Purnea. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the petitioner namely Kishna Batar @ Kishnu Batar @ Kishno Batar, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, be released on provisional anticipatory bail for three months on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.16710 of 2012 (2) dt.08-05-2012 2 / 2 2 amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Purnea in connection with Angarh P.S. Case No. 12 of 2011. Petitioner undertakes to produce the victim before learned Court below on 4th of June, 2012 when learned Court below will record the statement of the victim and if the victim admits that she of her own married with the petitioner, then the provisional anticipatory bail of the petitioner will be confirmed by learned Court below. 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.