Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.7450 of 2012 ====================================================== Sonu Kumar Singh .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 20-03-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is languishing in custody since 14.12.2011 in a case registered for the offence punishable under Section 366(A)/34 of the Indian Penal Code. The accusation is of kidnapping the minor daughter of the informant. In 164 Cr. P.C. statementm the victim has stated that the petitioner and one Shyam Sharma kidnapped the victim but it appears that the victim was recovered from the Railway Station when she has alleged establishment of forceful physical relationship by this petitioner. The medical report suggests no injury to the victim nor any sign with regard to accusation under [STATUTE] . has been found and the age of the victim has been assessed between 19-20 years which suggests that the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.7450 of 2012 (3) dt.20-03-2012 2 / 2 2 victim was consented party. Considering the same, let the 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 learned C. J. M. Jamui, in connection with Simultalla P.S. Case No. 25 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.