Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.9589 of 2012 (2) dt.28-03-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.9589 of 2012 ====================================================== Dilip Kumar Sah @ Dilip Kumar .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 28-03-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Section498A of the Indian Penal Code and 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. The accusation is torture for non-fulfilment of dowry demands. The informant claims to have married with the petitioner in 2009. The petitioner has brought on record the FIR of Katihar Town P.S.Case No.385 of 2008 registered under [STATUTE] lodged by the present informant where she has described herself as wife of Ashok Gupta. It is submitted by learned counsel for the informant that she after divorcing Ashok Gupta married with the petitioner. There is nothing on record to suggest that the petitioner has divorced Ashok Gupta and the complaint reflects that she had earlier married with Ashok Gupta. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.9589 of 2012 (2) dt.28-03-2012 petitioner be released on anticipatory bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Katihar in connection with Case No.C.A.3545 of 2009, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Anil/- (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.