Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.8565 of 2012 (3) dt.28-06-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.8565 of 2012 ====================================================== Mateshwari Devi .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 03/ 28.06.2012 Learned counsel for the petitioner is permitted to make necessary correction in the prayer portion of the petition. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner is in jail custody since 4.12.2011 in a case registered under [STATUTE] . Statement of victim has been recorded under section 164 Cr.P.C, in which she stated that petitioner assured her to drop at village Gumharia but while she along with the petitioner were going, one person took out handkerchief on account of which victim became unconscious and when she regained her consciousness, she found herself in a room. Admittedly, victim has already returned her home safely and except the aforesaid material, there appears to be nothing against the petitioner. Accordingly, petitioner, Mateshwari Devi, is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the 8th Addl. Sessions Judge, Motihari, East Champaran in Sessions trial no. 123/2012 arising out of Raxaul P.S. Case no. 251/2011. Shahid (Hemant Kumar Srivastava,J)

Applicable IPC Section: 368

Statute Text:
Section 368 of the Indian Penal Code. Concealing or keeping in confinement a kidnapped person. Whoever, knowing that any person has been kidnapped or has been abducted, wrongfully conceals or confines such person, shall be punished in the same manner as if he had kidnapped or abducted such person with the same intention or knowledge, or for the same purpose as that with or for which he conceals or detains such person in confinement.