Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.43805 of 2011 ====================================================== Ram Shankar Kumar @ Shankar Kumar, Son of Late Ram Sagar Kumar. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AKHILESH CHANDRA ORAL ORDER 3 08-02-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State, who is armed with carbon/xerox copy of the case diary up to paragraph – 194 dated 05.08.2011. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with a case registered for the offence punishable under [STATUTE] . In this case, instituted against unknown of murder of the informant, petitioner’s name emerged at later stage during investigation. Submission is that under almost similarly situated circumstances, six remaining co-accused persons, namely, Puja Kumari, Bibha Devi, Neelam Devi, Kranti Devi, Satya Narayan and Shiv Narayan hav already been granted the privilege by a Bench of this Court vide order dated 16.01.2012 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 1145 of 2012. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, in the event of his arrest/surrender before the court below within four weeks, let the above named petitioner be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand only) with two sureties of the like amount each to the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.43805 of 2011 (3) dt.08-02-2012 2 / 2 2 satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Begusarai, in connection with Begusarai Muffasil P.S. Case No. 77 of 2011, subject to condition laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure with additional condition to remain physically present before the court below on each and every date at least for two years or till disposal of the case, whichever is earlier and in case of failure on two consecutive dates without giving any reasonable explanation, the liberty granted shall be deemed to be cancelled. Praveen-II/- (Akhilesh Chandra, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 364

Statute Text:
Section 364 of the Indian Penal Code. Kidnapping or abducting in order to murder. Whoever kidnaps or abducts any person in order that such person may be murdered or may be so disposed of as to be put in danger of being murdered, shall be punished with imprisonment for life or rigorous imprisonment for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.