Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.20694 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Ajeet Kumar 2. Sujeet Kumar .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 03/ 08-11-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that the petitioners took the husband of the informant for getting manual work when the wages were not paid and since then the husband of the informant went missing. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that the husband of the informant, who was working as domestic help in the house of the petitioners and committed theft when the petitioners side lodged Complaint Case No. 1168(C) of 2011 on 06.06.2011 when the present case has been lodged on 17.06.2011 Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.20694 of 2012 (3) dt.08-11-2012 2/2 when in para 10 of the case diary it has been recorded that the husband of the informant has concealed himself somewhere to avoid the prosecution lodged by the petitioners side. It is further submitted that the investigation is still pending. A statement has been made in para 13 that the petitioners have no criminal antecedent. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named petitioners be released on anticipatory bail till conclusion of the investigation in the event of their 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 Barauni P.S. Case No. 187 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: 365

Statute Text:
Section 365 of the Indian Penal Code. Kidnapping or abducting with intent secretly and wrongfully to confine a person. Whoever kidnaps or abducts any person with intent to cause that person to be secretly and wrongfully confined, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.