Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.39620 of 2012 ====================================================== Satya Narayan Mahto .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 18-10-2012 Petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . and Sections 3(1)(X)(XI) of the S.C. & S.T.(Prevention of Atrocities) Act. It is alleged that the informant’s brother married with the daughter of the petitioner for which the petitioner lodged Bibhutipur P.S. Case No. 321 of 2010 and aggrieved by the said fact the abuse was made by calling caste name to the informant’s husband, her brother, in-laws and her mother. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that in order to put pressure to withdraw the case lodged by the petitioner against the informant’s side in 2010, the present case has been lodged when no injury has been caused to anyone and the offence under S.C./S.T. Act has not been committed in public view, when the case has been lodged Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.39620 of 2012 (2) dt.18-10-2012 2 / 2 2 at Begusarai when the place of occurrence is within the territorial jurisdiction of Samastipur. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the petitioner namely Satya Narayan Mahto, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Begusarai in connection with Begusarai S.C./S.T. P.S. Case No. 23 of 2011. Shageer/- (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.