Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.8247 of 2012 ====================================================== Manjula Devi @ Manju Devi & Anr. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== with Criminal Miscellaneous No.9488 of 2012 ====================================================== Durgesh Kumar Ray@Durgesh Kumar .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 20-03-2012 Petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . Accusation is of kidnapping of daughter of the informant on 10.01.2011 for which complaint was filed on 06.05.2011 which came to be registered as police case on 02.06.2011. It is alleged against the parents of Durgesh Kumar Ray that they abused and threatened to assault when the informant went to enquire. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.8247 of 2012 (2) dt.20-03-2012 2 / 2 2 It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that during medical examination the victim was found to be aged about 17 to 18 years when no injury has been found and the victim was recovered from her parent’s house by the police when 164 Cr.P.C. statement was recorded on 09.11.2011, after eleven months from the date of occurrence. The 164 Cr.P.C. statement of the victim reflects that victim was in the company of Durgesh Kumar Ray for long time when she was operated for removal of the appendix. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the petitioners namely 1. Manjula Devi @ Manju Devi 2. Arun Ray 3. Durgesh Kumar Ray @ Durgesh Kumar, in the event of their 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) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned A.C.J.M., Rosera, Samastipur in connection with Bibhutipur P.S. Case No. 128 of 2011. Shageer/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 363

Statute Text:
Section 363 of the Indian Penal Code. Kidnapping. Whoever kidnaps any person from India or from lawful guardianship, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.