Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.4184 of 2012 (2) dt.13-02-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.4184 of 2012 ====================================================== Bilal Pandit .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 13-02-2012 Petitioner is languishing in custody since 18.06.2008 in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . Accusation is of committing rape and killing the minor daughter of the informant. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that till March, 2009 only five witnesses have been examined and thereafter no witness has been examined. It is expected from learned Court below to conclude the trial within a period of seven month of the receipt/production of a copy of order of this Court. If the trial is not concluded within seven months then petitioner will be at liberty to renew his prayer for bail. With the observation above, the application stands disposed off in connection with Sessions Trial No. 164 of 2009, arising out of Hajipur Town P.S. Case No. 254 of 2008, pending in the Court of learned Additional Sessions Judge, F.T.C.-II, Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.4184 of 2012 (2) dt.13-02-2012 Vaishali at Hajipur. Let the order of this Court be transmitted through FAX to the learned Court below at the cost of the petitioner. Shageer/- (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.