Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.41185 of 2012 (2) dt.29-11-2912 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.41185 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Sikandar Prasad Yadav @ Sikandar Rai, 2. Bipin Kumar, 3. Mintu Kumar .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 29-11-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners is apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that the widow daughter of the informant developed some intimacy with one Rajesh kumar who was also a tenant in the same building and subsequently daughter of the informant went traceless when the victim’s son replied that his mother was being taken by Rajesh on motorcycle when Rajesh accepted that he took her to the petitioner’s house where the victim was killed. It is submitted that except the statement of Rajesh, there is nothing against the petitioners. It is further submitted that Rajesh Kumar has been granted regular bail vide Cr. Misc. No. 18638 of 2012 on 20.7.2012. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.41185 of 2012 (2) dt.29-11-2912 Considering the aforesaid facts, this court sees no reason for the learned court below not to give similar relief to the petitioners in case the petitioners surrender within six weeks from today in connection with Ahiyapur P.S. Case no. 430 of 2011 pending in the court of learned C.J.M., Muzaffarpur. This application is disposed of with the aforesaid observation/direction. Let this order be transmitted through FAX at the cost of the petitioners. Anil/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, 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.