Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.44371 of 2011 ====================================================== Lalit Mandal son of Late Neti Mandal, R/O village-Tetrahi, P.S.Pipra, District- Supaul. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Kumar Gautam, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. S.K. Pandey, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE JYOTI SARAN ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE JYOTI SARAN) 2 19-01-2012 Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the State. The petitioner is in custody in connection with Sessions Trial No.234 of 2011 arising from Pipra P.S.Case No.56 of 2011 for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . Learned counsel for the petitioner, with reference to the allegation made in the F.I.R, submits that apart from the fact that there is no allegation of rape as against this petitioner, a perusal of the medical report of the victim girl placed at Annexure-2, even falsifies the said allegation in as much as no sign of injury nor any sign of rape was found. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.44371 of 2011 (2) dt.19-01-2012 2 Regard being had to the submissions of learned counsel, let the petitioner Lalit Mandal be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,00/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Additional District and Sessions Judge, F.T.C.IV, Supaul in connection with Sessions Trial No.234 of 2011 arising from Pipra P.S.Case No.56 of 2011, subject to the condition that the petitioner shall ensure his representation before the trial court on each and every date fixed in the case and the failure on the part of the petitioner to ensure his representation on two consecutive dates fixed in the case without reasonable explanation to the satisfaction of the trial court, would entitle the court concerned to cancel his bail bonds and to take him into custody. ahk (Jyoti Saran, 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.