Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.2383 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Shambhu Kumar S/O Jamunia Rabidas Resident Of Village- Tardih, P.S.- Laxmipur, District- Jamui. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 02/ 06-02-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is languishing in custody since 14.11.2011 in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The accusation is of establishing forceful physical relationship. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the victim after the death of her husband eloped with one Bramhdeo for which a case was lodged by the mother of the petitioner and in retaliation to the same the present case has been lodged. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the petitioner namely Shambhu Kumar, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.2383 of 2012 (2) dt.06-02-2012 2/2 amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jamui in connection with Laxmipur (Gidhaur) P.S. Case No. 172 of 2011. DKS/ (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.