Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.17588 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Sanjeet Kumar @ Ranjeet Kumar S/O Shiv Kumar Choudhary Resident Of Village- Gaiuralganj, P.S.- Immamganj, District- Gaya .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Deepak Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Sunil Kumar Pandey, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJENDRA KUMAR MISHRA ORAL ORDER 3. 23-05-2012. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State. The petitioner is an accused in Imamganj P.S.Case No.18 of 2012 for the offence under [STATUTE] . It is submitted on behalf of the petitioner that the petitioner and the informant Ravinandan Kumar Choudhary are cousin brothers and the case has been filed due to misunderstanding as both the parties have filed a compromise petition as contained in Annexure-2 in the court of the Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Sherghati on 14.3.2012. The allegation against the petitioner is to commit attempt of rape at Khushi Kumari, minor daughter of the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.17588 of 2012 (3) dt.23-05-2012 2 informant. The petitioner is in custody 4.3.2012. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, let petitioner, above named, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Gaya in connection with Imamganj P.S.Case No.18 of 2012. ahk/- (Rajendra Kumar Mishra, 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.