Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.30578 of 2012 (2) dt.09-08-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.30578 of 2012 ====================================================== Nand Kishore Mistry, son of Sahdeo Mistry, resident of Village- Taron, P.S. Kauakol, District- Nawada. .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE GOPAL PRASAD ORAL ORDER 2 09-08-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. The petitioner has been arrested in connection with Kawakol P.S. Case No. 113 of 2011 registered under [STATUTE] . There is direct allegation against the petitioner for committing rape on the victim. The petitioner is in jail custody since 24. 07. 2011. The charge sheet has been submitted in this case. From the order of the Additional District Judge I, it is apparent that trial has proceeded and four witnesses have already been examined. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, I am not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner at this stage. However, trial court is directed to expedite the trial for early disposal preferably within a period of one year. m.p. (Gopal Prasad, 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.