Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.3567 of 2012 ====================================================== Om Prakash Rai@Bitu .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Yashraj Bardhan, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Aslok Kumar, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 23-02-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is languishing in custody since 20.12.2011 in a case registered for the offence punishable under [STATUTE] and section 3 (1((x) SC/ST (P.O.A.)Act. It is alleged against the petitioner that he gave iron rod blow on the head of the wife of the informant and pressed her abdomen by his leg and also taken away her Mangal Sutra and other jewelleries. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that simple injury has been caused and that too has been obtained subsequent to the occurrence. Considering the nature of accusation and the injury, Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.3567 of 2012 (3) dt.23-02-2012 2 / 2 2 let the above named petitioner be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Saran at Chhapra, in Gorkha P.S. Case no. 156 of 2011. M.Rahman/- (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.