Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.6732 of 2012 ====================================================== Bhola Mian .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 07-03-2012 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] . The informant’s pumping set was stolen away from the field when F.I.R. was lodged against unknown. Subsequently, name of the petitioner transpired in confession of Rambhu Choudhary and on the statement of Rambhu Choudhary pumping set was recovered. Learned Sessions Judge’s order reflects that it was recovered from the courtyard of the petitioner. However, it is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that it was recovered from Manzer Alam. It is further submitted that other person whose name surfaced in confession of Rambhu Choudhary has been granted anticipatory bail by this Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.6732 of 2012 (2) dt.07-03-2012 2 / 2 2 Court vide Cr. Misc. No. 30755 of 2010 and the petitioner has no criminal antecedent. Considering the aforesaid submissions, let the petitioner, above named, be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today in connection with Gopalpur P.S. Case No. 51 of 2010 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned C.J.M. Bettiah, West Champaran, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. U.K./- (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.