Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.20337 of 2012 (2) dt.05-06-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.20337 of 2012 ====================================================== Karu Yadav, S/O Sri Gulak Yadav, resident of Village- Mafi, P.S.- Asthama, District- Nalanda .... .... Petitioner Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party ====================================================== PRESENT: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.N. HUSSAIN ORDER 2 05-06-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. Petitioner is an accused for offences punishable under [STATUTE] . Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the allegation is that the petitioner is the driver of the concerned truck on which 306 gas cylinders were sent by the owner of the truck from Barauni to Darbhanga but the said truck was found by the owner at Sohsarai (Nalanda) on 02.12.2011 with only 242 gas cylinders and hence 64 cylinders out of 306 were missing. However, the F.I.R. was lodged by the said owner of the vehicle about more than 40 days delay thereafter on 12.01.2012. Learned counsel for the petitioner further submits that there is neither any seizure nor any immediate lodging of case nor the petitioner had been arrested on the spot nor any recovery Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.20337 of 2012 (2) dt.05-06-2012 has been made from his possession and the petitioner is implicated only on the basis of the confessional statement although he had not made any such statement. Even according to the case of the informant, the petitioner had promised to return the cylinders to the owner. In the aforesaid facts and circumstances, this petition is allowed. Let petitioner above named be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000.00 (Rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Nalanda at Biharsharif in connection with Sohsarai P.S. Case No. 08 of 2012. Md. Ibrarul/- (S.N. Hussain, 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.