Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.4683 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Manjeet Ram @ Manjeet Kumar, S/O Paras Ram, Resident of Behara, P.S.- Sikta, District- West Champaran. .... .... Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AMARESH KUMAR LAL ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AMARESH KUMAR LAL) 2 01-02-2012 Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned counsel for the State. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Sikta P.S. Case No.48/2011 registered under [STATUTE] . The allegation against the petitioner is to have carried the minor girl and co-accused Chandan Kumar on his motorcycle. It is submitted that the co-accused Chandan Kumar and the victim girl have love affairs and they have married. The victim girl has also stated her age as 21 years. The Medical Board also says that the age of the victim girl is about 18 years and the victim girl has been set at liberty by the learned C.J.M. Her statement has been recorded under Section Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.4683 of 2012 (2) dt.01-02-2012 2 164 Cr.P.C. and no allegation has been made against the petitioner, rather she has stated that she has married co- accused Chandan Kumar in a temple and she will live with her husband and his relatives. It is further submitted that the victim girl is living with the co-accused. The learned counsel for the State could not controvert the contention of the learned counsel for the petitioner while opposing his prayer. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, let the petitioner above-named be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of four weeks from today in connection with Sikta P.S. Case No.48/2011 on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bettiah, West Champran subject to the condition as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. V.K. Pandey/- (Amaresh Kumar Lal, 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.