Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.41636 of 2012 (2) dt.04-12-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.41636 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Pawan Chaudhary S/O Sathu Chaudhary Resident Of Village- Mutlupur, Police Station+District- Muzaffarpur 2. Rubi Devi W/O Pawan Chaudhary Resident Of Village- Mutlupur, Police Station+District- Muzaffarpur .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 04-12-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners are apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and sections 3(1)(x) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. It is alleged that one Vikas Kumar took the informant forcefully to Panipat. The petitioners happen to be the sister and brother in law of Vikas Kumar when Vikas Kumar married with the informant. Considering the fact that thrust of accusation is against Vikas Kumar, this is a fit case for consideration of regular bail of the petitioners by the learned court below in case the petitioners surrender within six weeks from today in connection with Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.41636 of 2012 (2) dt.04-12-2012 Bochaha P.S. Case no. 205 of 2010 pending in the court of learned C.J.M., Muzaffarpur. This application is disposed of with the aforesaid observation/direction. Let this order be transmitted through FAX at the cost of the petitioners. Anil/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, 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.