Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.14786 of 2012 ====================================================== Urmila Devi & Ors. .... .... Petitioners. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== with Criminal Miscellaneous No.15999 of 2012 ====================================================== Shyam Shankar Singh & Anr .... .... Petitioners. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 23-04-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners being the family members of Raj Kumar Singh with whom it is alleged that minor daughter of the informant was kidnapped leading to registration of F.I.R. under [STATUTE] . It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that during investigation it appears that there was love affairs with Raj Kumar Singh and daughter of the informant and they have married and they are settled in Ghaziabad (U.P.)and the victim transmitted a letter to the police that she has married with Raj Kumar Singh. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.14786 of 2012 (2) dt.23-04-2012 2 / 2 2 petitioners, Urmila Devi, Sujata Devi, Rozi Kumari @ Munni, Shyam Shankar Singh and Ram Kumar Singh @ Munna Kumar, be released on provisional anticipatory bail for six months in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today in connection with Patahi P.S. Case No. 02 of 2012 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned S.D.J.M., Sikrahna at Motihari, District-East Champaran, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Learned counsel for the petitioners undertakes that the victim will be produced before the learned court below on 28.05.2012 when the learned court below will record the statement of the victim and if she accepts that she of her own married with Raj Kumar Singh then the provisional anticipatory bail of the petitioners will be confirmed by the learned court below. U.K./- (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.