Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.20007 of 2012 (3) dt.04-07-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.20007 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Bakrid Mian S/O Jabbar Mian .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== ===================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 3 04-07-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner is in jail custody since 05.04.2012 in a case registered under [STATUTE] . At the very outset, learned counsel for the petitioner points out that the victim was in love with one Sarfaraz and she eloped with the aforesaid Sarfaraz and subsequently, she solemnized her marriage with the aforesaid Sarfaraz. Learned counsel for the petitioner drew my attention towards Annexure-2 to this petition. He also submitted that in course of investigation the victim was recovered from the house of aforesaid Sarfaraz which is evident from perusal of Para-54 of the case diary. No doubt, the victim in her statement stated about her alleged kidnapping but considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.20007 of 2012 (3) dt.04-07-2012 petitioner be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Siwan in connection with Jamo P.S. Case No. 85 of 2011. SHAHZAD/- (Hemant Kumar Srivastava, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 366

Statute Text:
Section 366 of the Indian Penal Code. Kidnapping or abducting a woman to compel her marriage or to cause her defilement etc. Whoever kidnaps or abducts any woman with intent that she may be compelled, or knowing it to be likely that she will be compelled, to marry any person against her will, or in order that she may be forced or seduced to illicit intercourse, or knowing it to be likely that she will be forced or seduced to illicit intercourse, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine; and whoever, by means of criminal intimidation as defined in this Code or of abuse of authority or any other method of compulsion, induces any woman to go from any place with intent that she may be, or knowing that it is likely that she will be, forced or seduced to illicit intercourse with another person shall also be punishable as aforesaid.