Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.21273 of 2012 (4) dt.19-06-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.21273 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Praveen Yadav S/O Baleshwar Yadav R/O Village - Matrogauriya, P.S. Islampur, District – Nalanda .... Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... Opposite Party ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE GOPAL PRASAD ORAL ORDER 4 19-06-2012 Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. This is a petition for grant of regular bail for offence under [STATUTE] . The petitioner has been identified by the informant, victim, and Ravi Bhushan Pandey, in test identification parade. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, I am not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner. The prayer for bail is rejected. It has been submitted that out of eight witnesses, mentioned in the charge sheet, five have been examined and three witnesses are only required to be examined, hence, the trial Court is directed to expedite the trial preferably within six months. SA/- (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.