Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.44420 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Subodh Singh S/O Late Kedar Singh Resident Of Village- Jamuawan, Police Station- Wazirganj, District- Gaya 2. Sudhir Singh S/O Late Kedar Singh Resident Of Village- Jamuawan, Police Station- Wazirganj, District- Gaya .... .... Petitioners Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.N. SINHA ORAL ORDER 2 18-12-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and the State. Petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Wazirganj P.S. Case No. 100/12 dated 29.4.2012 registered for the offence under [STATUTE] on the allegation that one Rangu Singh, who is the uncle of the two petitioners, entered the house of the informant and forcibly snatched Rs. 5,000/- as also attempted to commit rape on her person. During the occurrence, the two petitioners were also present to support the overt act of Rangu Singh. It is submitted on behalf of the petitioners that the case has been registered as there is land dispute between the parties and reference of two earlier criminal cases has been made in paragraphs 17 and 18 of the bail petition, which were lodged by Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.44420 of 2012 (2) dt.18-12-2012 2 / 2 2 the informant against Maruti Nandan, who is the brother of co- accused, Rangu Singh. Without going into the correctness or otherwise of the counter allegations led by the petitioners and Rangu Singh only in consideration of the fact that petitioners are also alleged to be present at the time of occurrence in the house of the informant, I direct the petitioners to surrender in the court below and apply for regular bail, which should be considered in the light of the antecedent of the petitioners. With the aforesaid observation, the bail petition is disposed of. Arjun/- (V.N. Sinha, 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.