Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.111 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Meena Devi W/o- Inardeo Ram 2. Mina Devi W/o- Santosh Ram .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== with Criminal Miscellaneous No.270 of 2012 ====================================================== Inardeo Ram .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== with Criminal Miscellaneous No.272 of 2012 ====================================================== Santosh Ram .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 20-03-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioners are apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . In the FIR, it is alleged that on 18.08.2011, the victim was taken away by Santosh in league with Inardeo Ram and Meena Devi. 164 Cr.P.C. statement of the victim reflects that she was Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.111 of 2012 (3) dt.20-03-2012 2/ 3 taken by both Meena Devi, wives of Inardeo Ram and Santosh Ram, when Inardeo Ram and Santosh Ram put some intoxicant on her mouth and when she gained consciousness she found herself in the house of Santosh Ram where she stayed for five days thereafter she was shifted to the house of Bhuneshwar, father of Santosh Ram and thereafter to the house of sister of Santosh Ram from where she escaped. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that due to village politics the petitioners have been implicated in the present case when the victim of her own returned. The age of the victim has been assessed by the learned court below as 17 years when no misbehaviour has been alleged. Considering the inconsistencies between the FIR and 164 Cr.P.C. statement of the victim girl, let the above named petitioners except Santosh Ram, 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) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Sub-divisional Judicial Magistrate, Sheohar in connection with Sheohar P.S. Case No. 131 of 2011, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.111 of 2012 (3) dt.20-03-2012 3/ 3 Let the learned court below consider the regular bail of Santosh Ram if he surrenders within a period of six weeks keeping in view the inconsistencies in the statement of the victim. Accordingly, the application with regard to Santosh Ram is disposed off. 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.