Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.38025 of 2011 (3) dt.01-03-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.38025 of 2011 ====================================================== 1. Zahir Sheikh, son of Raiful sheikh 2. Istekhar Sheikh, son of Manager Sheikh 3. Kuer Sheikh, son of late sheikh Molazism. All are resident of Nautanwa, P.S. – Shikarpur, District – West Champaran at Bettiah. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AKHILESH CHANDRA ORAL ORDER 3 01-03-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State, who is armed with carbon/xerox copy of the case diary. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Sikarpur P.S. Case No. 261/2011 for the offence punishable under [STATUTE] , pending in the Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, West Champaran. After some arguments, learned counsel for the petitioners seeks permission to withdraw this application with a liberty to surrender before the court below within a fortnight for a prayer of regular bail, which shall be considered on its own merit, without being prejudiced of instant withdrawal. Permission is granted. Accordingly, this application stands disposed of as withdrawn. Rajeev/- (Akhilesh Chandra, 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.