Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.28816 of 2012 (3) dt.12-09-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.28816 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Phulba Mansoori @ Phulhasan Mansoori S/O Pharmood Mansoori R/O Village - Barsam, P.S. Rudrapur, District - Madhubani.... Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... Opposite Party ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE GOPAL PRASAD ORAL ORDER 3 12-09-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. This is a petition for grant of regular bail for offence under [STATUTE] . Earlier the case has been instituted under [STATUTE] , however, the charge sheet has been submitted under [STATUTE] . The victim, Sheela Devi in paragraph 42 of the case diary in her statement under Section 164 of the Criminal Procedure Code stated that this petitioner took her on false pretext of taking her to her husband and, thereafter, kept and raped her. The learned counsel for the petitioner contends that there is delay in lodging the first information report as the occurrence is dated 16.03.2012 whereas the first information report has been lodged on 29.03.2012 and when the victim did not reach to her destination it was learnt that she has been enticed and taken away by this petitioner. Hence, having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, I am not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner at this stage. The prayer for bail is rejected. However, the trial may be expedited for early disposal preferably within a year. SA/- (Gopal Prasad, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 372

Statute Text:
Section 372 of the Indian Penal Code. Selling or letting to hire a minor for purposes of prostitution, etc. Whoever sells, lets to hire, or otherwise disposes of any person under the age of eighteen years with intent that such person shall at any age be employed or used for the purpose of prostitution or illicit intercourse with any person or for any unlawful and immoral purpose, or knowing it to be likely that such person will at any age be employed or used for any such purpose, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.