Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.2273 of 2012 (2) dt.24-01-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.2273 of 2012 ====================================================== Raghubansh Singh & Anr. .... .... Petitioners. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH) 2 24-01-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in complaint case in which cognizance has been taken under [STATUTE] . The accusation is of abducting the son of the complainant by his father-in-law. The occurrence is of 05.10.1998 when the complaint was filed in 1999. It appears that the petitioners’ side has also lodged a case under [STATUTE] . and ¾ of the D. P. Act against the complainant’s family when on compromise, the matter ended into acquittal. The compromise was also entered into complaint but it was not filed in the complaint case rather it was filed in the revision filed by the petitioners’ side Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.2273 of 2012 (2) dt.24-01-2012 challenging the order of cognizance. It is submitted that victim is still residing in Delhi and it was design to get ready of matrimonial obligation on behalf of the complainant. In the background, the present case has been lodged particularly relationship between the parties does not inspire confidence with regard to accusation but since the complaint was filed in 1999, this Court is not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners. However, keeping in view of the fact that the warrant has been issued in 2011, complainant has retracted from initial version and the present case appears to have been filed after a year of the complaint being filed under [STATUTE] . and ¾ of the D. P. Act by the petitioners’ side, it is a fit case for grant of regular bail. Let the learned court below pass appropriate order and try to dispose off the same preferably on the same day if the petitioners surrender and pray for regular bail within a period of six weeks from today in connection with C.R. Case No. 146(C )/1999 pending in the court of the learned S.D.J.M., Buxar, District-Buxar. It is expected from the learned court Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.2273 of 2012 (2) dt.24-01-2012 below to look into the records of revision in which the compromise was filed. With this observation, this application is disposed off. Let the order be faxed to the learned court below at the cost of the petitioner. 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.