Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.2271 of 2012 (2) dt.06-02-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.2271 of 2012 ====================================================== Nand Lal Mochi @ Nandlal Ravidas .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner. : Mr. Binod Kumar Singh, Advocate. For the Opposite Party. : Mrs. Anita Kumari Singh, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 06-02-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is languishing in custody since 31.07.2011 in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The accusation is of establishing forceful physical relationship. It is submitted that police during investigation only submitted charge sheet against other accused Surjan @ Langra Ravidas under [STATUTE] . and the petitioner was not sent up for trial but differing with the same cognizance has been taken. Considering the fact that accusation was found false against the petitioner during investigation, let the petitioner above named be Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.2271 of 2012 (2) dt.06-02-2012 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 learned S.D.J.M., Mashaurhi in connection with Dhanuarua P.S. Case No. 257 of 2003. U.K./- (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.