Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.10044 of 2012 (2) dt.15-03-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.10044 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Noor Alam S/O Md. Zakir R/O Vill-Ramr Rauta, P.S.Kusheshwarsthan, Distt-Darbhanga .... Petitioner Versus 1. 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 15-03-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. This is a petition for grant of regular bail for offence under [STATUTE] and 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. It is alleged that the petitioner engaged in love affairs with the informant in pretext of marriage and tried to undress the informant. It is alleged that Rs.25,000/-, motorcycle and other goods were demanded for marriage by the father of this petitioner and, further, there is allegation of assault. The petitioner is in jail since 08.11.2011. Hence, having regard to the facts and circumstances, the petitioner, above named, is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each in connection with Kusheshwar Ashthan P.S. Case No. 219 of 2011 (G.R. No. 741 of 2011) to the satisfaction of the Subdivisional Judicial Magistrate, Biraul at Benipur, Darbhanga. SA/- (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.