Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.42702 of 2012 (2) dt.13-12-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.42702 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Ram Jyoti Devi @ Pramila Devi W/O Bahadur Yadav Resident Of Village- Naya Tola Sahebpur Kamal, P.S.- Sahebpur Kamal, District- Begusarai 2. Bahadur Yadav S/O Late Bhagawat Yadav Resident Of Village- Naya Tola Sahebpur Kamal, P.S.- Sahebpur Kamal, District- Begusarai 3. Sanjay Yadav S/O Bahadur Yadav Resident Of Village- Naya Tola Sahebpur Kamal, P.S.- Sahebpur Kamal, District- Begusarai 4. Vijay Yadav S/O Bahadur Yadav Resident Of Village- Naya Tola Sahebpur Kamal, P.S.- Sahebpur Kamal, District- Begusarai .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 13-12-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners being parents and brothers are apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The accusation is of kidnapping the minor daughter of the informant. It is submitted that the victim in 164 Cr.P.C. statement got her age recorded as 22 years when the court assessed her age as 19 years where she stated that she of her own married Arvind Yadav, the son of the petitioner nos. 1 and 2. Certified copy of the statement under section 164 Cr. P.C. has been produced before Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.42702 of 2012 (2) dt.13-12-2012 this court. Let it be kept on record. 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 twelve 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 learned CJM, Begusarai in connection with S. Kamal P.S. Case No. 88 of 2012 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Anil/- (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.