Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.7925 of 2012 (3) dt.17-04-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.7925 of 2012 ====================================================== Bablu Paswan .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 03/ 17.04.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner is in jail custody since 26.8.2011 in a case registered under [STATUTE] . The contention on behalf of the petitioner is that prosecution story is totally absurd and it is hard to believe that the petitioner would take the victim to his home and commit rape on her and after that victim would be dropped at the house of another person. It is further contended by him that medical report does not support the allegation of rape and moreover, petitioner has been implicated in this case on account of political rivalry of the village. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner, Bablu Paswan, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the 5th Addl. Sessions Judge, Bhagalpur in Sessions trial no. 1257/2011 arising out of Sanokhar P.S. Case no. 44/2011. Shahid (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.