Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.8314 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Arun Singh S/O Mahanth Singh Resident Of Village- Sundarpatti, P.S.- Gopalganj, District- Gopalganj. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Naresh Chandra Verma, Adv. For the State : Mr. Umeshanand Pandit, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 20-03-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. Petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that the husband of the complainant was a truck driver. On 25.6.2008 at the behest of the petitioner complainant’s husband was engaged to bring the truck loaded with tea from Guwahati to Indore. When the truck went missing on the way, the consignor lodged a case being Garchuk P.S. case no.37 of 2008 at Guwahati. Subsequently, the tea was recovered at Kanpur from a shop. The occurrence is dated 25.6.2008 and the complaint was lodged on 29.10.2009 raising suspicion against the petitioner. Considering the nature of accusation and the complaint Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.8314 of 2012 (2) dt.20-03-2012 2 / 2 2 was lodged belatedly, let petitioner named above be released on anticipatory bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today in connection with Complaint Case no.2456 of 2009 on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/-(Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Judicial Magistrate, Ist Class, Gopalganj, subject to the conditions as laid down under section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. sudip/- (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.