Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.22446 of 2012 (3) dt.26-07-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.22446 of 2012 ====================================================== Chhotan Mahanto S/o Simanto Mahanto, R/o Village- Jalkumhar, P.S. Barsoi, Distt-Katihar. .... .... Petitioner Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AKHILESH CHANDRA ORAL ORDER 3 26-07-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner has been made accused in this case (Barsoi P.S. Case no. 41 of 2012; S.Tr. no. 269 of 2012, pending before Additional District Judge-II, Katihar) facing trial under [STATUTE] . Having regard to the specific and direct accusation, for the present, prayer is refused with a liberty to renew before the court below itself after examination of the victim. A.Ahmad/- (Akhilesh Chandra, 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.