Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.1396 of 2012 (3) dt.26-07-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No. 1396 of 2012 =================================================== Umesh Ravidas @ Umesh Das S/o Late Kishun Ravi Das R/o Village - Sugiya, P.S. Sheikhpursarai District – Sheikhpura. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s =================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. ANJANA PRAKASH ORAL ORDER 02. 26.07.2012 No one appears on behalf of the Petitioner. The Petitioner seeks quashing of Shekhopur Sarai P.S. Case No. 13/11 instituted on 08.03.2011 for the offences under [STATUTE] . Since the case is still at the stage of investigation, I am not inclined to interfere in the matter. The application is dismissed. Vikash/- (Anjana Prakash, 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.