Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.27163 of 2012 (2) dt.24-07-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No. 27163 of 2012 ====================================================== Bhola Ram @ Bholi .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE GOPAL PRASAD ORAL ORDER 2 24-07-2012 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] . There is specific allegation of rape against the petitioner and the impugned order itself stated that the police case diary is extract of injury report of victim which goes to show that rape has been committed upon the victim girl. Hence, having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, I am not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner. However, the trial court may expedite the trial for early disposal of the case. Accordingly, the prayer for bail of the petitioner is rejected. 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.