Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.42290 of 2012 (2) dt.07-12-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.42290 of 2012 ====================================================== Paramhansh Pandey .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 07-12-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that the informant’s truck was intercepted by the miscreants when the driver and cleaner were administered poisonous liquor and cash of rupees three thousand and truck loaded with iron rod were taken away. It is submitted that the petitioner is not named in the FIR and subsequently his name sprang up when some iron rods were recovered from his house. It is further submitted that the petitioner is a bonafide purchaser and statement has been made in paragraph 11 of the petition that the petitioner has no criminal antecedent. However, let the learned court below consider the regular bail of the petitioner in case the petitioner surrenders Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.42290 of 2012 (2) dt.07-12-2012 within six weeks from today in connection with Mohammadpur P.S. Case no. 53 of 2012 pending in the court of learned C.J.M., Gopalganj. This application is disposed of with the aforesaid observation/direction. Let this order be transmitted through FAX at the cost of the petitioner. Anil/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 412

Statute Text:
Section 412 of the Indian Penal Code. Dishonestly receiving stolen property, knowing that it was obtained by Dacoity. Whoever dishonestly receives or retains any stolen property, the possession whereof he knows or has reason to believe to have been transferred by the commission of dacoity, or dishonestly receives from a person, whom he knows or has reason to believe to belong or to have belonged to a gang of dacoits, property which he knows or has reason to believe to have been stolen, shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or with rigorous imprisonment for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.