Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.21198 of 2012 ====================================================== Ajay Yadav .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 29-06-2012 Petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that informant had some hot exchange with the husband when she got the bus but subsequently the baby girl of the informant was snatched by this petitioner and they were taken to the house of Gayatri Devi and from there they were taken to Rajesthan from where the informant was recovered. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that for the occurrence of 15.04.2011 the accusation has been levelled on 02.07.2011. It appears that other co- accused has been granted regular bail by this Court vide Cr. Misc. No. 42477 of 2011. I see no reason for learned Court below not to give Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.21198 of 2012 (3) dt.29-06-2012 2 / 2 2 the same privilege to the petitioner, if the petitioner surrenders within a period of six weeks in connection with Atri P.S. Case No. 92 of 2011, pending in the Court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Gaya. With the observations above, the application stands disposed off. Let the order of this Court be transmitted through FAX to the learned Court below at the cost of the petitioner. Shageer/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 367

Statute Text:
Section 367 of the Indian Penal Code. Kidnapping or abducting in order to subject a person to grievous hurt, slavery, etc. Whoever kidnaps or abducts any person in order that such person may be subjected, or may be so disposed of as to be put in danger of being subjected to grievous hurt, or slavery, or to the unnatural lust of any person, or knowing it to be likely that such person will be so subjected or disposed of, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.