Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.33737 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Ashok Sah 2. Kishori Prasad 3. Ravindra Prasad 4. Sanjay Sahu 5. Pawan Kumar .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 12-09-2012 Petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that husband of the victim went missing on 09.09.2011 but he could not be traced when it was suspected that since petitioners were having land dispute and earlier they assaulted the family members of the informant and gave life threatening, hence they might have killed the victim. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that petitioners are brother and nephew of the victim and for the same occurrence informatory petition No. 2762 of 2011 was given before learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Gaya on 22.11.2011 when a report was called for which was submitted by the police Sub-Inspector, Wazirganj on 29.11.2011 which has been brought on record as Annexure-3 to the effect that there was land dispute between the parties Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.33737 of 2012 (2) dt.12-09-2012 2 / 2 2 and victim was of sluggish mind and he went somewhere when suspicion has been levelled. It is further submitted that petitioners’ side also filed informatory petition for apprehension of false implication in the case. Considering the delayed lodging of the case, let the petitioners, above named, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Gaya in connection with Wazirganj P.S. Case No. 31 of 2012. Shageer/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 365

Statute Text:
Section 365 of the Indian Penal Code. Kidnapping or abducting with intent secretly and wrongfully to confine a person. Whoever kidnaps or abducts any person with intent to cause that person to be secretly and wrongfully confined, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.