Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.1969 of 2012 (3) dt.14-03-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.1969 of 2012 ====================================================== Bebi Khatoon .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 14-03-2012 Petitioner is apprehending her arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . and Section ¾ of the prevention of Immoral Traffic Act. It is alleged that one Shami Khan used to run brothel house in the house of the petitioner when three girls were arrested. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that admittedly Shami Khan was tenant of the petitioner and petitioner was neither residing in the same premises nor she had knowledge about the illegal work being conducted by Shami Khan. Learned A.P.P. after going through the case diary submits that there is nothing on record to suggest that petitioner was residing in the same premises or had knowledge about the illegal work of Shami Khan. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the petitioner namely Bebi Khatoon, in the event of her arrest or surrender Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.1969 of 2012 (3) dt.14-03-2012 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) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bettiah, West-Champaran in connection with Bettiah Town P.S. Case No. 591 of 2011. Shageer/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 366

Statute Text:
Section 366 of the Indian Penal Code. Kidnapping or abducting a woman to compel her marriage or to cause her defilement etc. Whoever kidnaps or abducts any woman with intent that she may be compelled, or knowing it to be likely that she will be compelled, to marry any person against her will, or in order that she may be forced or seduced to illicit intercourse, or knowing it to be likely that she will be forced or seduced to illicit intercourse, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine; and whoever, by means of criminal intimidation as defined in this Code or of abuse of authority or any other method of compulsion, induces any woman to go from any place with intent that she may be, or knowing that it is likely that she will be, forced or seduced to illicit intercourse with another person shall also be punishable as aforesaid.