Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.17201 of 2012 ====================================================== Nunulal Yadav, Son of Lat Bhattan Yadav, Resident of Village-Ratanpura, P.S.-Kishanpur, District-Supaul. .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner : Mr. Nafisuzzoha, Advocate. For the Opposite Party : Mr. Rajiv Nayan, APP. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SHYAM KISHORE SHARMA ORAL ORDER 2 25-04-2012 Heard learned Counsel for the petitioner and the State. A case under [STATUTE] has been registered against the petitioner and two others namely Manoj Yadav and Bijal Kumar. The informant Ramsevak Yadav has alleged that his daughter Shulo Kumari aged 12 years was taken to the house of the petitioner by Manoj Yadav and Bijal Yadav where she was raped. Submission is that allegation of rape is not against the petitioner. There is not even allegation that the petitioner has assisted in commission of the offence. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the above named petitioner is directed to be released on bail on Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.17201 of 2012 (2) dt.25-04-20 2/212 furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate/court concerned, Supaul in connection with Kishanpur P.S. Case No. 10 of 2012. KKSINHA/- (Shyam Kishore Sharma, 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.