Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.1827 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Dilip Choupal S/O Gonar Choupal R/O Village- Bisanpur Tatma Tola, P.S- Raniganj, Distt- Araria. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== With Criminal Miscellaneous No.3938 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Somi Yadav S/O Late Janak Yadav @ Janak Lal Yadav Resident Of Village- Vishanpur, Police Station- Raniganj, District- Araria .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURAB TIC.E DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH) 02/ 01-02-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners are languishing in custody since 12.08.2011 in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The accusation against the petitioners is that they established forceful physical relation with Rewani Devi and Pinki Kumari. The initial accusation was against Prem Chand Paswan and Dhirendra Risideo, who have been granted Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.1827 of 2012 (2) dt.01-02-2012 2/2 anticipatory bail on the ground that both the victims and their fathers appeared in learned court below and exonerated the accused persons, which gets reflected from Anenxure-4. The medical report also does not corroborate the accusation. The accusation made in the first information report also does not inspire confidence. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the petitioners namely Dilip Choupal and Somi Yadav, be released on bail 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, Araria in connection with Raniganj P.S. Case No. 213 of 2010. DKS/ (Dinesh Kumar Singh, 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.