Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.44777 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Ram Parvesh Ram S/O Late Girivar Ram R/O Village - Dhandhwa, P.S. - Muffasil, Distt. - Aurangabad .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE NAVANITI PRASAD SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 17-12-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. The petitioner apprehends arrest in Muffasil P.S. Case No. 133/2012 instituted under [STATUTE] . It is apparent that the petitioner has nothing to do with the allegation of [STATUTE] . The allegation against the petitioner is that being a Sarpanch, he mediated between the proscutrix and the main accused and imposed penalty, which amount is alleged to have been mis-appropriated by him. Be that as it may, in the facts and circumstances of the case, in the event of his arrest or surrender in the Court below Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.44777 of 2012 (2) dt.17-12-2012 2 / 2 2 within a period for four weeks from today, let the above named petitioner be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Aurangabad in Muffasil P.S. Case No. 133/ 2012, subject to the conditions as laid down under section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. Sudha/- (Navaniti Prasad 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.