Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.39172 of 2012 (2) dt.16-10-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.39172 of 2012 ====================================================== Radheshyam Verma .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 02/ 16.10.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner is in jail custody since 24.5.2012 (wrongly mentioned in the impugned order as 3.7.2012) in a case registered under [STATUTE] . The petitioner is named in the first information report with allegation that he as well as other accused persons were caught with looted tractor Submission on behalf of the petitioner is that nothing was recovered from the possession of the petitioner and, as a matter of fact, he was asked by other co-accused persons to unload sand from tractor and accordingly, he accompanied other accused persons. It is also pointed out by him that prior to institution of this case, not a single case has been registered against the petitioner but after remand of the petitioner in the present case, he has been made accused in three other cases. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner, Radheshyam Verma, 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 Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.39172 of 2012 (2) dt.16-10-2012 Judicial Magistrate, Bhojpur at Ara in Ara Mufassil P.S. Case no. 84/2012. Shahid (Hemant Kumar Srivastava,J)

Applicable IPC Section: 412

Statute Text:
Section 412 of the Indian Penal Code. Dishonestly receiving stolen property, knowing that it was obtained by Dacoity. Whoever dishonestly receives or retains any stolen property, the possession whereof he knows or has reason to believe to have been transferred by the commission of dacoity, or dishonestly receives from a person, whom he knows or has reason to believe to belong or to have belonged to a gang of dacoits, property which he knows or has reason to believe to have been stolen, shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or with rigorous imprisonment for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.