Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.17158 of 2012 (2) dt.24-04-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.17158 of 2012 ====================================================== Hridya Singh Yadav S/o Sachanu Singh Yadav .... .... Petitioner Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE VIKASH JAIN ORAL ORDER 2. 24.04.2012 Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State. 2. The petitioner is in custody since 27.02.2012 in connection with alleged offences under [STATUTE] . registered in connection with Bhagwanpur P.S. Case No. 149 of 2011. 3. The allegation against the petitioner is that he along with one Haridwar Ram attempted to commit rape upon the informant. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the daughter of the informant who is said to have been with the informant at the relevant time has also not supported the prosecution case. The complaint itself was filed 48 hours later which casts doubt on the veracity of the allegation. Moreover, the co-accused is said to be relative to the informant, and it is submitted that the allegations are rooted in land dispute. It is stated that the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.17158 of 2012 (2) dt.24-04-2012 informant herself has sought compromise by filing a petition before the concerned Court in view of amicable family relations having since been established between the accused and the informant. 5. Considering the aforesaid facts let the petitioner above named be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bhabua District-Kaimur in connection with Bhagwanpur P.S. Case No. 149 of 2011 on the following conditions- (i) That the petitioner will not indulge himself in any similar or other offence. (ii) One of the bailors must be a close relative of the petitioner. (iii) The petitioner will be well represented on each and every date and if he fails to do so on two consecutive dates, his bail bond will be liable to be cancelled by the Court concerned. Fahad. (Vikash Jain, J.)

Applicable IPC Section: 376

Statute Text:
Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code. Rape. Whoever, commits an offence punishable under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) of section 376 and in the course of such commission inflicts an injury which causes the death of the woman or causes the woman to be in a persistent vegetative state, shall be punished with rigorous imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than twenty years, but which may extend to imprisonment for life, which shall mean imprisonment for the remainder of that person's natural life, or with death.