Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.23479 of 2012 ====================================================== Soni Devi .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER ‘ 02/ 25-07-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending her arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The accusation is of kidnapping the minor daughter of the informant and getting her married. In 164 Cr.P.C. statement the victim has disclosed that this petitioner took her to the place where she was forced to marry. The doctor assessed the age of the victim as 16 years. In that view of the matter, let the learned court below consider the regular bail of the petitioner if the petitioner surrenders before the learned court below within a period of six weeks from today in Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.23479 of 2012 (2) dt.25-07-2012 2/2 connection with Karandey P.S. Case No. 08 of 2012 pending in the court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sheikhpura. With the aforesaid observation, this application is disposed of. Let the order be transmitted to the learned court below through fax at the cost of the petitioner. DKS/ (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J.) . .

Applicable IPC Section: 366A

Statute Text:
Section 366A of the Indian Penal Code. Procuration of minor girl. Whoever, by any means whatsoever, induces any minor girl under the age of eighteen years to go from any place or to do any act with intent that such girl may be, or knowing that it is likely that she will be, forced or seduced to illicit intercourse with another person shall be punishable with imprisonment which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.