Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.2867 of 2012 ====================================================== Santosh Singh .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Madanjeet Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Madhuri Lata, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH) 2 30-01-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered under [STATUTE] . A Bolero vehicle was seized on the apprehension that it was stolen one when the driver conveyed that the vehicle is of the petitioner. Subsequently, the report was called for by the learned court below, which gets reflected from Annexure 2. When it was found that the vehicle was registered in the name of petitioner’s brother, the same was released in his favour. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named petitioner, be released on anticipatory bail, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.2867 of 2012 (2) dt.30-01-2012 2 / 2 2 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bhojpur, Ara in connection with Jagdishpur P.S. Case No. 108 of 2011 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Anil/- (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.