Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.37233 of 2012 ====================================================== Shankar Yadav Driver @ Shankar Yadav .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 02/ 10-10-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The accusation is of killing the daughter of the informant within a year of the marriage for non- fulfillment of the dowry demand. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner is not the family member of the husband of the victim when earlier Sitamarhi P.S. Case No. 103 of 2011 was registered under [STATUTE] in which the family members of the husband were made accused when the husband of the victim initially kidnapped the victim and thereafter performed the marriage and in that case the petitioner Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.37233 of 2012 (2) dt.10-10-2012 2/2 was not accused. Considering the fact that the petitioner is not the family member of the husband of the victim, let the above named petitioner be released on anticipatory bail in the event of his 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) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned CJM, Sitamarhi in connection with Sitamarhi P.S. Case No. 620 of 2011, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. DKS/ (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.