Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.24166 of 2012 (2) dt.06-07-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.24166 of 2012 ====================================================== Firoz Mian, S/o Mokhtar Mian, R/o Belwa Madho, P.S. Kowta, District- East Champaran. .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE GOPAL PRASAD ORAL ORDER 2 06-07-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. The petitioner has been arrested in connection with Kotwa P.S. Case No. 105 of 2011 registered under [STATUTE] . There is direct allegation of rape against the petitioner. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that doctor has not found any sign of rape. However, doctor has not given any definite opinion whether rape is committed or not. However, the victim is lady aged about 16 years. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, I am not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner at this stage. Hence his prayer for bail is hereby rejected. 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.