Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.30961 of 2012 ====================================================== Nirmal Kumar Das .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 30-08-2012 Petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . Accusation is of kidnapping minor daughter of the informant. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the victim in her 164 Cr.P.C. statement has recorded her age as 19 years and learned Court below has also assessed her age as such, where she has stated that she, of her own, married with the petitioner. Considering the same, let the petitioner namely Nirmal Kumar Das, in the event of his 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) with two sureties of the like amount Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.30961 of 2012 (2) dt.30-08-2012 2 / 2 2 each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bhagalpur in connection with Shahkund P.S. Case No. 198 of 2011. 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.