Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.32828 of 2012 ====================================================== Munna Barhai @ Mistri .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 10-09-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending arrest in Soh-sarai P.S. Case No. 65 of 2012 registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and Section 5 of Immoral (Human) Traffic (Prevention) Act pending in the court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Nalanda at Bihar- Sharif. Five children were found sitting on the rear seat of the bus when they were apprehended when it was found that they were being taken for employment in the bangle factory by one Samshad Alam. Samshad Alam named this petitioner as the person who managed to supply the children. Samshad Alam has been granted regular bail by this Court vide Cr. Misc. No. 22633 of 2012. This Court sees no reason for the learned court below not to give the same privilege to the petitioner if the petitioner Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.32828 of 2012 (2) dt.10-09-2012 2/2 surrenders within a period of six weeks. With the above observation, this application is, accordingly disposed off. Let the order be transmitted to the learned court below through fax at the cost of the petitioner. Amrendra/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 365

Statute Text:
Section 365 of the Indian Penal Code. Kidnapping or abducting with intent secretly and wrongfully to confine a person. Whoever kidnaps or abducts any person with intent to cause that person to be secretly and wrongfully confined, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.