Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.7021 of 2012 (2) dt.05-07-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No. 7021 of 2012 =================================================== Mritunjaya Kumar S/O Late Kuber Lal R/O Moh-Vishwamitra Colony, Charitra Van, P.S. Buxar(T), Distt-Buxar .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s =================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. ANJANA PRAKASH ORAL ORDER 03. 05.07.2012 The Petitioner seeks quashing of Bhabhua P.S. Case No. 06 of 2003 instituted under [STATUTE] . Since the case is still at the stage of investigation I am not inclined to interfere in the matter. The application is disposed off with a direction to the Investigating Officer to file a closure report within a period of three months from the date of receipt of this order if he has not done so already. With the aforesaid observation, the application is disposed off. Let this order be communicated to the S.P. Bhabhua through FAX at the cost of the Petitioner in connection with Bhabhua P. S. Case No. 06 of 2003. Vikash/- (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.