Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.12430 of 2012 ====================================================== Binay Kumar Singh @ Binay Kumar Deo .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 04/ 01-08-2012 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] and 27 of the Arms Act. The accusation against the petitioner is of entering into the office of the informant, demanding extortion, took out Rs.300/- from the pocket and Rs.5,000/- from the Godrej Almirah. It is also alleged that mobile of the informant was also taken away. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner also filed a complaint against the informant for committing misappropriation of fund of the school before the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.12430 of 2012 (4) dt.01-08-2012 2/2 District Magistrate and the supervising authority has not found the case true for the offences alleged under [STATUTE] and 27 of the Arms Act. This Court is reluctant to interfere only in view of the fact that the informant has pointed out that the petitioner has criminal antecedent. Let the learned court below consider the regular bail of the petitioner without being prejudiced by the order of this Court, if the petitioner surrenders before the learned court below within a period of six weeks from today in connection with Vaishali P.S. Case No. 94 of 2011 pending in the court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Vaishali at Hajipur. With the aforesaid observation, this application is disposed of. Let the order be transmitted to the learned court below through fax at the cost of the petitioner. DKS/ (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J.)

Applicable IPC Section: 379

Statute Text:
Section 379 of the Indian Penal Code. Theft. Whoever commits theft shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.