Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.23431 of 2011 ====================================================== Chhabila Thakur, S/o Bindeshwar Thakur, resident of Village- Sahorwa, P.S. Sonbarsa, District- Sitamarhee. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Pramod Kumar, ADvocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Sanjay Kumar Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE JYOTI SARAN ORAL ORDER 3 07-02-2012 Heard the parties. The petitioner is in custody in connection with Bela P.S. Case No.02 of 2011 for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The allegation against the unnamed accused persons is of abducting Dr. Yogendra Sah in whose clinic the informant works as a Compounder. It is alleged that the accused pretending as patient arrived at the clinic of the Doctor and whereafter they abducted the Doctor. The Doctor was released subsequently. The Doctor in his statement has mentioned that he did not recognise anybody although the name of one co-accused Devendra Thakur reflected from the statement of the Compounder-informant. It is the said Devendra Thakur who has named three other accused, namely, Indrajeet Paswan, Rajdeo Sahni and this petitioner. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.23431 of 2011 (3) dt.07-02-2012 2 Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that though the petitioner has been in custody since 13.6.2011, he has not been put on T.I. parade. He further submits that out of the three persons who were named by accused Devendra Thakur, two of them, namely, Indrajeet Paswan and Rajdeo Sahani have been released of bail by this Court and that the case of this petitioner stands on the similar footing. Having considered the submissions of learned counsel and having perused the materials on record, let the petitioner, namely, Chhabila Thakur be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sitamarhi in connection with Bela P.S. Case No.02 of 2011. SKPathak/- (Jyoti Saran, 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.