Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.19230 of 2012 ====================================================== Sampul Yadav @ Sempul Yadav, son of Sachidanand Yadav, resident of Village- Laxmichak, P.S Dhanarua, District- Patna. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Shakti Suman Kumar, Advocate. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Shailendra Kumar No.1, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SHIVAJI PANDEY ORAL ORDER 2 21-05-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. The petitioner apprehends arrest in connection with Masauri P.S. Case No. 159 of 2008 for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . From the First Information report it appears that husband and wife were looted by the miscreants and her modesty was outraged. The name of the petitioner has come in the confessional statement of the co-accused Dharmendra Kumar. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that other similarly situated persons have been granted bail by the court below Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.19230 of 2012 (2) dt.21-05-2012 2 / 2 2 Looking to the nature of the allegation, the petitioner does not deserve anticipatory bail. Accordingly this application is rejected. However, court below is directed to pass order in accordance with law without being influenced by the order passed by this Court. Vinay/- (Shivaji Pandey, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 395

Statute Text:
Section 395 of the Indian Penal Code. Dacoity. Whoever commits dacoity 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.