Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.43528 of 2012 (2) dt.11-12-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.43528 of 2012 ====================================================== Md. Alamgir @ Alamgir .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Rama Kant Sharma, Sr. Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Dilip Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHAKRADHARI SHARAN SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 11-12-2012 Heard Mr. Rama Kant Sharma, learned Senior counsel for the petitioner and Mr.Dilip Kumar, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. The sole petitioner seeks grant of regular bail in connection with Khodaganj P.S. case No.74 of 2012 disclosing offences under [STATUTE] , Sections 23/26 of the Juvenile Justice Act and Section 3(i)(x) of the SC/ST ( Prevention of Atrocity) Act. Petitioner is in custody in connection with the said case from 20.9.2012. The First Information Report was instituted on the basis of written complaint by Saroj Devi,mother of one of the victims to the effect that the petitioner was taking away her son and one nephew and other children for getting them employed in Bangle factory at Jaipur. The children, according to the First Information Report were allured by the petitioner for employment in the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.43528 of 2012 (2) dt.11-12-2012 factory. The victim children were, however, recovered on the very next day with the intervention of Child Care Organization and as on date they are with their parents. In the facts and circumstances of the case, let the petitioner Md. Alamgir alias Alamgir be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Hilsa, Nalanda in connection with Khodaganj P.S. case No. 74 of 2012. Arun Kumar/- (Chakradhari Sharan Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 374

Statute Text:
Section 374 of the Indian Penal Code. Unlawful compulsory labour. Whoever unlawfully compels any person to labour against the will of that person, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine, or with both.