Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.28367 of 2012 (3) dt.21-11-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.28367 of 2012 ====================================================== Md. Shamim @ Guddu .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 21-11-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. It is alleged that on promise of marriage, the petitioner established physical relationship but subsequently the demand of dowry was made and the marriage was not performed. It is submitted that the medical report reflects that the informant is major when no sign of recent sexual assault was found by the doctor when other accused has been granted regular bail vide Cr. Misc. No. 10481 of 2012. Considering the aforesaid facts, this court sees no reason for the learned court below not to give similar relief to the petitioner in case the petitioner surrenders within six weeks from today in connection with Hasua (Hisua) P.S. Case no. 204 of 2011 Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.28367 of 2012 (3) dt.21-11-2012 pending in the court of learned C.J.M., Nawada. This application is disposed of with the aforesaid observation/direction. Let this order be transmitted through FAX at the cost of the petitioner. Anil/- (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.