Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.9683 of 2012 ====================================================== Nanki Khatoon .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 02/ 29-03-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending her arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged by the informant that she was married with one Md. Ashraf who subsequently sold her to five persons including the petitioner and they established forceful physical. Though the thrust of accusation is against the husband of the informant and in 164 Cr.P.C. statement the victim has not named the petitioner specifically but that can be a ground for consideration of regular bail. Let the petitioner surrender before the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.9683 of 2012 (2) dt.29-03-2012 2/2 learned court below within a period of six weeks from today in connection with Routa P.S. Case No. 54 of 2010 pending in the court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Purnea when the learned court below will consider the regular bail application of the petitioner. With the aforesaid observation, this application is disposed of. Let the order be transmitted to the learned court below through fax at the cost of the petitioner. DKS/ (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J.) .

Applicable IPC Section: 373

Statute Text:
Section 373 of the Indian Penal Code. Buying or obtaining possession of a minor for the same purposes. Whoever buys, hires or otherwise obtains possession of any person under the age of eighteen years with intent that such person shall at any age be employed or used for the purpose of prostitution or illicit intercourse with any person or for any unlawful and immoral purpose, or knowing it to be likely that such person will at any age be employed or used for any such purpose, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.