Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.35922 of 2012 ====================================================== Nawab Rai, S/O Tetar Rai, R/O Mohalla-Nauratan Pur, P.S. Kankarbagh, Distt-Patna .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. Devendra Rai, S/O Late Kewal Rai, R/O Mohalla-Nauratanpur, P.S.- Kankarbagh, Distt-Patna .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Shankar Kumar, Adv. For the State : Mr. J.K. Singh, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. ANJANA PRAKASH ORAL ORDER 2. 18.12.2012 Heard learned counsel for the Petitioner and the State. The Petitioner seeks quashing of the First Information Report of Kankarbagh P.S. Case No. 212 of 2011 dated 1.7.2011 instituted for the offence under [STATUTE] . It has been submitted that the allegation of kidnapping is false and the First Information Report has been instituted on account of the earlier case filed by the Petitioner. Since these are aspects of investigation and the case is still at this stage, I am not inclined to interfere in the matter. The application is disposed off with a direction to the Investigating Officer to consider all these points and expedite the investigation and preferably conclude the same within a period of Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.35922 of 2012 (2) dt.18-12-2012 2 / 2 2 three months of the date of receipt of this order. Let this order be communicated to the Senior Superintendent of Police, Patna, for its onward transmission to the Investigating Officer, in connection with Kankarbagh P.S. Case No. 212 of 2011 dated 1.7.2011, through FAX at the cost of the Petitioner. S.Ali (Anjana Prakash, 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.