Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.5541 of 2012 ====================================================== Santosh Singh @ Santosh Yadav & Ors. .... .... Petitioners. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioners : Mr. Akhileshwar Pd. Singh, Sr. Advocate. For the Opposite Party : Mr. Sanjay Kumar, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 27-02-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners are languishing in custody since 17.11.2011 in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The accusation is of making an attempt to establish forceful physical relationship. It appears that in the background of putting the son of petitioner no.1 Santosh Singh @ Santosh Yadav in drainage by the informant the occurrence took place when there is counter version of occurrence also and informant’s sides have also been charge sheeted. Considering the same, let the petitioners, Santosh Singh @ Santosh Yadav, Sadhu Singh @ Sadhu Yadav, Sharda Singh and Sunil Singh @ Nanhku be Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.5541 of 2012 (2) dt.27-02-2012 2 / 2 2 released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned C.J.M. Bhojpur, Ara in connection with Chauri P.S. Case No. 27 of 2011. U.K./- (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.