Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.6057 of 2012 (2) dt.29-06-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No. 6057 of 2012 =================================================== 1. Shambhu Kumar Bhardawaj S/O Sri Shivnandan Singh R/O Vill Udhowar, P.S.Khijar Sarai, Distt-Gaya 2. Neeraj Kumar Bhardawaj S/O Sri Shivnandan Singh R/O Vill Udhowar, P.S.Khijar Sarai, Distt-Gaya 3. Lal Mohan Singh S/O Late Mahendra Sharma R/O Vill Tira, P.S.Khijar Sarai, Distt-Gaya .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s =================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. ANJANA PRAKASH ORAL ORDER 02. 29.06.2012 No one appears on behalf of the Petitioners. The Petitioners seek quashing of the order dated 17.01.2011 passed by the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Gaya in Khijarsarai P.S. Case No. 16 of 2009 (Tr. No. 1763 of 2011) by which he has taken cognizance under [STATUTE] . Having gone through the records of the case, I do not find any justification for interference with the order of cognizance. The application is dismissed. Vikash/- (Anjana Prakash, 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.