Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.14288 of 2012 ====================================================== Lakshman Chaudhary @ Lakshmi Chaudhary .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 02/ 24-04-2012 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] and 135 of Electricity Act. The accusation is of consumption of unauthorized electricity energy. The loss has been calculated to the tune of Rs.1,72080/-. The petitioner undertakes to deposit the aforesaid amount within a period of nine months. The first installment of Rs.20,000/- will be paid within a period of one month. On deposit of the first installment it is expected that the election connection will be provided to the petitioner after taking all the required charges. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.14288 of 2012 (2) dt.24-04-2012 2/2 Considering the aforesaid stand of the petiioner, 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 twelve weeks from today, 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, Buxar in connection with Dumraon P.S. Case No. 55 of 2012, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. The bail bond of the petitioner will be accepted provisionally till deposit of the aforesaid amount. DKS/ (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.