Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Revision No.888 of 2012 ====================================================== Laljee Chamar, S/O - Dadan Ram, R/O - Village Lanji, P.S., Chenari, District - Rohtas under the guardianship of Dadan Ram, Son of late Balrup Ram .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Bikram Deo Singh, Advocate Mr. Sadanand Roy, Advocate For the State of Bihar : Mr. Mani Madhukar, Addld.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE BIRENDRA PRASAD VERMA ORAL ORDER 4 06-11-2012 Heard. While this application was being admitted by an order dated 30.8.2012, it was directed that prayer for bail of the petitioner shall be considered on receipt of the lower court records. Now, the lower court records have been received. Hence, the matter has been placed for consideration of bail of the petitioner. It is submitted by the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner that the petitioner was declared to be juvenile in conflict with law. Though the petitioner was convicted for charges under [STATUTE] but by virtue of the judgment and order passed by the learned Patna High Court CR. REV. No.888 of 2012 (4) dt.06-11-2012 2 / 2 2 lower appellate court maximum sentence imposed against the petitioner is of one year. It is next contended that the petitioner is under judicial custody since 24.5.2012 i.e. the date of his conviction and during the course of enquiry also the petitioner was under detention from 7.6.2007 to 25.7.2007 i.e. about one and half months. Taking into consideration the fact that maximum sentence imposed against the petitioner is of one year and he has served out the sentence for more than six months, and since the revision application has already been admitted by this Court by an order dated 30.8.2012, the above named petitioner is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 25,000/-( twenty five thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each in connection with G.R. No. 809 of 2007/ J.J.B. 11 of 2010, arising out of Chenari P.S. Case No. 37 of 2007, to the satisfaction of the learned Juvenile Justice Board, Rohtas at Sasaran, subject to the condition that both the bailors shall be parents of the petitioner. Kanth/- (Birendra Prasad Verma, 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.