Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.35483 of 2011 (4) dt.13-03-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.35483 of 2011 ====================================================== Sonu Alam S/O Md Navi Hussain R/O Village- Balua Gopalpur, P.S. Town Distt- East Champaran .... .... Petitioner Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE JYOTI SARAN ORAL ORDER 04. 13-03-2012 Heard the parties. The petitioner is in custody in connection with Turkaulia (Banjaria) P.S. Case No. 179 of 2011 for offence punishable under [STATUTE] . Paragraph 59 and 69 of the case diary records the statement of the victim boy Nandan Kumar who has specifically described the active role of this petitioner in his abduction. Considering the circumstances, no case for indulgence is made out. The application is dismissed. S.Sb/- (Jyoti Saran, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 364A

Statute Text:
Section 364A of the Indian Penal Code. Kidnapping for ransom, etc. Whoever kidnaps or abducts any person or keeps a person in detention after such kidnapping or abduction, and threatens to cause death or hurt to such person, or by his conduct gives rise to a reasonable apprehension that such person may be put to death or hurt, or causes hurt or death to such person in order to compel the Government or any foreign State or international inter-governmental organisation or any other person to do or abstain from doing any act or to pay a ransom, shall be punishable with death or imprisonment for life, and shall also be liable to fine.