Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.19656 of 2012 (4) dt.28-08-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.19656 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Ram Jatan Yadav S/O Mohan Yadav .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 4 28-08-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner is in jail custody since 06.01.2011 in a case registered under [STATUTE] . Admittedly, none has seen the actual killing of the deceased but petitioner and some others have been made accused in this case on the ground that petitioner had illicit relation with deceased and he used to assault her for which she had lodged a case under [STATUTE] but again she started residing with the petitioner and after that petitioner and other accused committed the murder of the deceased. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.19656 of 2012 (4) dt.28-08-2012 Additional Sessions Judge, Fast Track Court-IV, Madhubani in connection with Sessions Trial No. 283 of 2011 arising out of Benipatti P.S. Case No. 172 of 2010. SHAHZAD/- (Hemant Kumar Srivastava, 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.