Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.1290 of 2012 ====================================================== Sudama Bari .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH) 2 30-01-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is languishing in custody since 02.10.2011 in a case registered under [STATUTE] . The accusation is of abducting the minor daughter of the informant. In 164 Cr.P.C. statement, the victim girl got her age recorded as 18 years whereas the court has also assessed her age as 17 years where she admitted that she of her own went in the company of the petitioner and with whom she has married. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named petitioner be released on bail, on furnishing the bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.1290 of 2012 (2) dt.30-01-2012 2 / 2 2 amount each to the satisfaction of learned Sub-divisional Judicial Magistrate, Daudnagar In connection with Daudnagar P.S. Case No. 199 of 2011. Amrendra/- (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.