Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.883 of 2012 Md. Puno Versus The State Of Bihar ---------------------------------- 2/ 24.1.2012 Learned counsel for the petitioner is permitted to make necessary correction in the petition, as prayed for. Heard Mr. Malay Kumar Choudhary, learned counsels for the petitioner, Mr. Pranav Kumar, learned counsel for the State and learned counsel for the informant. The petitioner is languishing in custody since 4.10.2011 in a case registered under [STATUTE] . The accusation is of establishing forceful physical relationship on 26.2.2011. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the accusation is ventilated through complaint after two days of the occurrence, i.e., on 28.2.2011. It appears from the complaint that no medical examination was done and statement under section 161 Cr.P.C. of the victim reflects that in anticipation of the marriage the physical relationship was established. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named petitioner be released on bail on furnishing the bail bond of Rs.10000/(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Ist Additional Sessions Judge, 2 Samastipur in Tajpur (Pusa) P.S. Case no. 121 of 2011 (S.T. No. 615 of 2011). 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.