Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.41474 of 2012 (2) dt.06-11-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.41474 of 2012 ====================================================== Md. Ekwal .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 2 06-11-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. The petitioner is in jail custody since 10.6.2012 in a case registered under [STATUTE] . Allegedly, the petitioner attempted to commit sodomy on the victim. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner does not have any criminal antecedent and, as a matter of fact, an altercation took place between the informant as well as the petitioner on account of petty issues but later on the informant lodged this false case against the petitioner. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner, Md. Ekwal 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 the Railway Judicial Magistrate, Patna in connection with GRP P.S. Case No. 175/2012. S.Pandey/- (Hemant Kumar Srivastava, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 377

Statute Text:
Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code. Unnatural offences. Whoever voluntarily has carnal intercourse against the order of nature with any man, woman or animal, shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.