Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.9239 of 2012 ====================================================== Md. Mushtaque Ahmad .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner : Md. Abdul Kalam, Advocate. For the Opposite Party : Md. Ansarul Haque, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 27-03-2012 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] . One Scropio vehicle being registration no. BR-9D 6477 was seized by the police. Subsequently, it was found that the vehicle in question was registered in the name of the petitioner. It is submitted that the petitioner filed an application before the C.J.M., Begusarai, for release of the vehicle on 08.12.2011 which was seized on 16.11.2011 thereafter the present case was lodged on 15.12.2011. Moreover, the petitioner is the bonafide purchaser in 2006. The case of the prosecution is that it is Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.9239 of 2012 (2) dt.27-03-2012 2 / 2 2 stolen vehicle which has been verified by Mahindra Company and for the same in 2005 Chitranjan Park P.S. Case No. 354 of 2005 was registered. The statement has been made in the petition that the petitioner has no criminal antecedent. Considering the fact that the vehicle was registered in the name of the petitioner and there is nothing on record to suggest that the petitioner purchased the vehicle knowing it to be stolen one, let the petitioner, above named, be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today in connection with Begusarai Town P.S. Case No. 462 of 2011 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned C.J.M. Begusarai, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. U.K./- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, 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.