Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.21191 of 2012 (3) dt.07-08-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.21191 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Nira Devi, 2. Bablu Kumar Ram alias Bablu Singh .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 07-08-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners, informant and the State. The petitioners are apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The accusation is of kidnapping the minor sister of the informant. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that the victim has married with petitioner no. 2 and is major. The marriage registration certificate has been brought on record as Annexure 4. The petitioners undertake to produce the victim girl before the learned court below on 27th August, 2012 when the learned court below will record the statement of victim girl. Considering the aforesaid stand, let the above named petitioners be released on provisional anticipatory bail for a period Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.21191 of 2012 (3) dt.07-08-2012 of three months in the event of 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 Chief Judicial Magistrate, Banka in connection with Rajoun P.S. Case No. 11 of 2012 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. The provisional anticipatory bail of the petitioners will be confirmed by the learned court below only when the victim girl admits in her statement that she of her own has married with petitioner no. 2. Anil/- (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.