Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.33252 of 2012 ====================================================== Jai Prakash Singh & Ors. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 11-09-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the State Mr. J. N. Thakur. Petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . Accusation is of kidnapping the daughter of the informant. In 164 Cr.P.C. statement the victim got her age recorded as 22 years which has been assessed as such by learned Court below where she stated that she, of her own has married with the Anup Kumar Singh. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the petitioners namely 1. Jai Prakash Singh 2. Ranjan Devi 3. Sudish Singh, 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 Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.33252 of 2012 (2) dt.11-09-2012 2 / 2 2 thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Gopalganj in connection with Kuchaikote P.S. Case No. 173 of 2012. Shageer/- (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.