Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.43975 of 2011 Pawan Pandit, S/O-Janardan Pandit Versus The State Of Bihar ---------------------------------- 02 16.01.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner is in jail custody since 13.10.2011 in a case registered under [STATUTE] . The allegation against this petitioner is that he established physical relationship with the informant on pretext of marrying with her. The contention of learned counsel for the petitioner is that even if, the prosecution story assumed to be true, then also, at best, it is a case of [STATUTE] . It is further contended by him that, as a matter of fact, there was love affair between the parties but on account of some reason when the aforesaid relation was broken, the informant has lodged this case with exaggerated story. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Motihari in connection with Chakiya P.S. Case No. 24 of 2011. SHAHZAD ( Hemant Kumar Srivastava, 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.