Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.26462 of 2012 (2) dt.09-08-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.26462 of 2012 ==================================================== Bhutali Yadav @ Uttam Yadav, son of Shankar Yadav .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ==================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AKHILESH CHANDRA ORAL ORDER 2 09-08-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State who is armed with carbon copy of the case diary. This application has been filed for the grant of regular bail to the petitioner who has been made an accused in connection with S.Tr. No. 720 of 2010 (arising out of Parwalpur P.S. Case No. 10/2010) pending before Vth Additional Sessions Judge, Hilsa, Nalanda, for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The petitioner is solitary named accused in this case who is facing trial for committing rape upon the informant. Trial appears arriving in almost at fag end. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, for the present, prayer of regular bail of the petitioner is hereby rejected. Simultaneously, trial court is directed to proceed expeditiously and avoid undue delay and adjournments. Rajeev/- (Akhilesh Chandra, 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.