Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.1616 of 2012 (2) dt.30-01-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.1616 of 2012 ====================================================== Shambhu Mahto .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== with Criminal Miscellaneous No.2223 of 2012 ====================================================== Ravi Mahto .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH) 2 30-01-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners are languishing in custody since 15.11.2011 in a case registered for the offence under [STATUTE] . It is alleged against petitioner Shambhu Mahto that he caught hold of victim when petitioner Ravi Mahto established forceful physical relationship. The medical report does not support the accusation and suggests that no external injury was found by the doctor. Considering the fact that medical opinion Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.1616 of 2012 (2) dt.30-01-2012 negates the accusation, let the petitioners above named be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned C. J. M. Samastipur, in connection with Chakmehsi P.S. Case No. 97 of 2011, G.R. No. 2369 of 2011. U.K./- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, 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.