Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.19272 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Priti Kumari 2. Sarswati Devi .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== With Criminal Miscellaneous No.20793 of 2012 ====================================================== Basant Kumar .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 02/ 04-07-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The accusation is of kidnapping the minor daughter of the informant. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that for the occurrence of 10.05.2011 the FIR was lodged on 14.06.2011 in which the accusation for kidnapping has been levelled but the fact that the marriage of the victim girl was being negotiated with the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.19272 of 2012 (2) dt.04-07-2012 2/2 brother of petitioner Basant Kumar and the other petitioners are sisters of petitioner Basant Kumar. It is further submitted that the matter was settled between the parties and informant has retracted from his initial version and filed a petition to that effect before the learned court below. In the circumstances, let the above named petitioners be released on anticipatory bail in the event of their arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve 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 learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Samastipur in connection with Warisnagar (Mathurapur O.P.) P.S. Case No. 136 of 2011, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. The informant will be one of the bailors. DKS/ (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.