Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.27240 of 2012 ====================================================== Safi Ahmad .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 03-08-2012 Petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . and 11(D)(F) of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animal Act. Several heads of cattle were found loaded on the pick-up when no document was produced to show valid transportation of the same. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that petitioner is the owner of the vehicle and he had no knowledge about the heads of the cattle being transported in his vehicle. A statement has been made in para 13 of the petition that petitioner has no criminal antecedent. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the petitioner namely Safi Ahmad, in the event of his arrest or surrender Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.27240 of 2012 (2) dt.03-08-2012 2 / 2 2 before the Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail 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, Gopalganj in connection with Gopalpur P.S. Case No. 80 of 2012. Shageer/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 414

Statute Text:
Section 414 of the Indian Penal Code. Assisting in concealment or disposal of stolen property, knowing it to be stolen. Whoever voluntarily assists in concealing or disposing of or making away with property which he knows or has reason to believe to be stolen property, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.