Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.10160 of 2012 ====================================================== Kanhaiya Lal Gupta .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 03-04-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending arrest in a case registered under [STATUTE] and sections 3(1)(x) of the S.C./S.T. (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. The accusations are of making assault while the informant was inside the Panchayat Secretary’s house and committing theft and abusing by calling caste name. It is submitted that only one bleeding injury of marginal size was found and, admittedly, the occurrence took place inside the house, which cannot be treated a public view. There was dispute for non payment of wages to the petitioner’s wife who is Aangan Bari Sevika and the informant being Panchayat mukhia, misusing his position, tried to take illegal advantage. Considering the nature of accusation and as per own admission of the informant that the occurrence took place inside Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.10160 of 2012 (2) dt.03-04-2012 2 / 2 2 the house, let the above named petitioner be released on anticipatory bail, in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of 12 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 the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bagaha (West Champaran) in connection with Bagaha P.S. Case No.394/2011 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Anil/- (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.