Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.350 of 2012 (3) dt.21-02-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.350 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Jitendra Yadav S/O Sri Bikan Yadav @ Tej Narain Yadav Resident Of Village Kajipur Toli, P.S. Jehanabad, Dist. Jehanabad. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 21-02-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. Petitioner is languishing in custody since 2.8.2011 in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The allegation against the petitioner is of establishing forceful physical relationship with the Informant. Occurrence is of 8.7.2011 at 9 P.M. and the First Information Report was lodged on 9.7.2011. Medical examination was done on 10.7.2011 when no sign of rape was found. Considering the delayed lodging of the First Information Report and the medical examination report, 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 A.D.J.-II, Jehanabad in Jehanabd ( Kalpa) P.S. case No. 384 of 2011 ( S.T. No. 440/2011/90/2011). Arun Kumar/- (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.