Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.20276 of 2012 (4) dt.25-07-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.20276 of 2012 ==================================================== Jatan Pandey @ Ram Jatan Pandey, son of late Lagan Pandey .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ==================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AKHILESH CHANDRA ORAL ORDER 4 25-07-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. This application has been filed for the grant of regular bail to the petitioner who has been made an accused in connection with S.Tr. No. 157 of 2012 arising out of Phenhara P.S. Case No. 17 of 1999/Complaint Case No. 20 of 1999 pending before Sub-divisional Judicial Magistrate, Sikrahana at Motihari, East Champaran, for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . In this thirteen years old case of house trespass in midnight and gang rape petitioner is one of the two miscreants whose prayer for anticipatory bail along with co-accused was earlier refused vide order dated 20.09.2002 passed by a Bench of this Court in Cr. Misc. No. 17493 of 2002. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.20276 of 2012 (4) dt.25-07-2012 Submission is of false implication and delay due to some instigated settlement in panchayati and negotiation between the parties etc. and when everything failed then petitioner got himself surrendered and is in custody since 23.03.2012. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, for the present, prayer of regular bail of the petitioner is hereby rejected. Simultaneously, court below is directed to proceed expeditiously and avoid undue delay and adjournments. 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.