Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.32158 of 2012 ====================================================== Hasina Khatoon & Ors. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 04-09-2012 Petitioners being family members of the main accused Md. Muslim are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that Md. Muslim allured the informant and established physical relationship for a year and when she conceived then some medicines were administered by Md. Muslim when a male child was born. It is alleged against the petitioners that they assisted Md. Muslim in commission of the offence. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that informant has subsequently retracted from initial version. Considering the thrust of accusation against Md. Muslim, let the petitioners namely 1. Hasina Khatoon 2. Md. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.32158 of 2012 (2) dt.04-09-2012 2 / 2 2 Gafoor 3. Md. Idris 4. Jamila Khatoon @ Jamia Khatoon, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, be released on anticipatory 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 Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Madhubani in connection with Arer P.S. Case No. 163 of 2010, corresponding to G.R. No. 3067 of 2010, Trial No. 5941 of 2011. Shageer/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 313

Statute Text:
Section 313 of the Indian Penal Code. Causing miscarriage without woman's consent. Whoever commits the offence defined in the last preceding section without the consent of the woman, whether the woman is quick with child or not, shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.