Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.22124 of 2012 (2) dt.22-06-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.22124 of 2012 ====================================================== Ghuran Bhuiya & Anr .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 02/ 22.06.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Allegedly, petitioners entered into the house of the informant and attempted to commit rape but submission of learned counsel for the petitioners is that averments of the first information report disclosed that it is a case of [STATUTE] . Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioners, Ghuran Bhuiya and Manoj Bhuiya, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs 10,000/- each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Rohtas at Sasaram in Dehri (Indrapuri) P.S. Case no. 53/2012. Shahid (Hemant Kumar Srivastava,J)

Applicable IPC Section: 354

Statute Text:
Section 354 of the Indian Penal Code. Assault or use of criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty. Whoever assaults or uses criminal force to any woman, intending to outrage or knowing it to be likely that he will there by outrage her modesty, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which shall not be less than one year but which may extend to five years, and shall also be liable to fine.