Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.36742 of 2012 (2) dt.08-10-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.36742 of 2012 ====================================================== Brij Kishore Choubey @ Banti Chaubey @ Bantu Chaubey .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 02/ 08.10.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner is in jail custody since 17.7.2012 in a case registered under [STATUTE] . The contention on behalf of the petitioner is that alleged recovery has not been made from the conscious possession of the petitioner and according to the prosecution case itself, alleged recovery was made on 25.2.2012 whereas first information report was lodged on 12.7.2012 and no explanation of the aforesaid delay has been given in the first information report. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner, Brij Kishore Choubey @ Banti Chaubey @ Bantu Chaubey, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Buxar in Buxar (T) P.S. Case no. 216/2012. Shahid (Hemant Kumar Srivastava,J)

Applicable IPC Section: 414

Statute Text:
Section 414 of the Indian Penal Code. Assisting in concealment or disposal of stolen property, knowing it to be stolen. Whoever voluntarily assists in concealing or disposing of or making away with property which he knows or has reason to believe to be stolen property, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.