Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.20765 of 2012 ====================================================== Bunty .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 16-07-2012 Petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . Accusation is of kidnapping minor daughter of the informant, subsequently the informant transpired that victim was seen in the company of this petitioner. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that Md. Arman has married with the victim girl and they have a child also from the wedlock. It is further submitted that learned Court below was directed by this Court to grant provisional bail to Md. Arman for three months vide order dated 03.07.2012 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 19933 of 2012 and the provisional bail is to be confirmed on admission of the victim that she, of her own, married with Md. Arman. Considering the aforesaid facts, let learned Court Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.20765 of 2012 (3) dt.16-07-2012 2 / 2 2 below release the petitioner on regular bail, provisionally for four months from today, if the petitioner surrenders within a period of six weeks in connection with Patliputra P.S. Case No. 34 of 2011, pending in the Court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Patna. The provisional bail of the petitioner will be confirmed by learned Court below, if the victim does not name the petitioner in her statement before learned Court below. With the observations above, the application stands disposed off. Let the order of this Court be transmitted through FAX to the learned Court below at the cost of the petitioner. 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.