Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.7690 of 2012 ====================================================== Rahul Kumar Singh @ Rahul Kumar. .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 15-03-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged against the petitioner that he alongwith one Munna Sah caught hold of the victim when one Jittu Singh established forceful physical relationship. It is submitted that medical opinion negates accusation as no injury has been found to the victim and it is further submitted that the impugned order reflects that 164 Cr. P.C. statement the victim has denied accusation. Considering the aforesaid submissions particularly the fact that there is accusation against Jittu Singh, let the petitioner, above named, be released on bail in the event of arrest or Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.7690 of 2012 (2) dt.15-03-2012 2 / 2 2 surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today in connection with Jamhore P.S. Case No. 129 of 2011 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned C.J.M. Aurangabad, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. 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.