Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.18555 of 2012 (3) dt.05-07-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.18555 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Surendra Mahto @ Buddhu Mahto, 2. Ojhali Devi, 3. Arvind Mahto .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 05-07-2012 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 daughter of the informant in connivance with this petitioner for immoral purposes. It is submitted that the statement under section 164 Cr.P.C. of the victim reflects that the victim has got her age recorded as 22 years and the court has also assessed as such. She further stated that she married with Dharmendra Kumar of her own and petitioners are family members of Dharmendra Kumar. 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 12 Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.18555 of 2012 (3) dt.05-07-2012 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 the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Begusarai in connection with Begusarai Town P.S. Case No. 174 of 2010 subject to the conditions as laid down under section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. Anil/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 372

Statute Text:
Section 372 of the Indian Penal Code. Selling or letting to hire a minor for purposes of prostitution, etc. Whoever sells, lets to hire, or otherwise disposes of any person under the age of eighteen years with intent that such person shall at any age be employed or used for the purpose of prostitution or illicit intercourse with any person or for any unlawful and immoral purpose, or knowing it to be likely that such person will at any age be employed or used for any such purpose, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.