Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.32671 of 2010 (2) dt.14-05-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.32671 of 2010 ====================================================== Rajeev Kumar Son of Satendra Paswan, resident of village Minapur Balha, P.S. Paprahi, District Sheohar .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State of Bihar 2. Pawan Kumari Daughter of Bindeshwar Paswan, village Minapur Balha, P.S. Piprahi, District Sheohar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Manish Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. R.C. Sahani, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. ANJANA PRAKASH ORAL ORDER 2. 14.5.2012 The petitioner seeks quashing of the order dated 8.7.2010 passed by the S.D.J.M., Sheohar at Sitamarhi in Piprahi P.S. case No.43 of 2010, by which he has taken cognizance u/ss.376 and 493 I.P.C. It has been submitted on behalf of the petitioner that it appears to be a case of consent between the parties and hence no offence [STATUTE] ions raised on behalf of the petitioner at this stage and, therefore, the application is dismissed. Narendra/ ( Anjana Prakash, 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.