Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.13648 of 2012 (2) dt.02-04-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.13648 of 2012 ====================================================== Chokat Ram, S/o Ramjee Ram, Resident of Village- Khairawa Toba, Police Station- Chanpatia, District- West Champaran. .... .... Petitioner Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHWANI KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 02-04-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. The petitioner seeks anticipatory in connection with a case instituted for the offence punishable under [STATUTE] . Considering the serious nature of allegation, I am not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, the same is rejected. Ashwini/- (Ashwani 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.