Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.29053 of 2012 (3) dt.11-09-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No. 29053 of 2012 ====================================================== Manoj Kumar Tanti .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE GOPAL PRASAD ORAL ORDER 3 11-09-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. This is a petition for grant of regular bail in a case under [STATUTE] . The victim stated the prosecution case in paragraph no. 45 of the case diary. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the medical report does not suggest specifically about the commission of rape as neither any sign of rape nor any injury was found on her part. However, the victim in her statement under Section 164 Cr. P. C. stated that just after the occurrence she disclosed about the occurrence for which the case has been instituted. Hence, having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, I am not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner at this stage. Accordingly, the prayer for bail of the petitioner is Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.29053 of 2012 (3) dt.11-09-2012 rejected. However, the trial court is directed to expedite the trial for early disposal of the case preferably within nine months. Kundan/- (Gopal Prasad, 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.