Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.29769 of 2012 (2) dt.01-08-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.29769 of 2012 ====================================================== Orwila Yadav, Son of Nageshwar Yadav, Resident of Village-Sapni, P.S.- Cherki (Bodh Gaya), District- Gaya. .... .... Petitioner Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner : Mr. Sanjeev Kumar, Advocate. For the Opposite Party : APP. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SHYAM KISHORE SHARMA ORAL ORDER 2 01-08-2012 Heard learned Counsel for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is sole accused of the case which has been registered under [STATUTE] in which the informant of 16 years has alleged that she has been raped by the petitioner. By annexing Annexure-2, the statement of the victim under Section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, attention has been drawn and it has been submitted that at best the allegations comes under [STATUTE] . The victim girl has been assessed to be of 19 years by the doctors. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the above named petitioner is directed to be released on bail on Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.29769 of 2012 (2) dt.01-08-2012 furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Sessions Judge/court concerned, Gaya in connection with Sessions Trial No. 307 of 2012, arising out of Bodh Gaya P.S. Case No. 41 of 2012. KKSINHA/- (Shyam Kishore Sharma, 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.