Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.28655 of 2012 (3) dt.20-09-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.28655 of 2012 ====================================================== Pritam Kumar Mehta .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 03/ 20.09.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner is in jail custody in a case registered under [STATUTE] on the charges that he committed rape on the informant who was minor at the time of alleged occurrence. The contention on behalf of the petitioner is that informant is girl of questionable character and medical report reveals that she has been sexually used prior to the alleged occurrence. Regard being had to the facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, I am not inclined to release the petitioner on bail and accordingly, his prayer for bail in connection with Korha P.S. Case no. 141/2012 pending in the court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Katihar is, hereby, rejected, at least, at this stage. 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.