Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.44456 of 2012 (2) dt.18-12-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.44456 of 2012 ====================================================== Jamaluddin Mian .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 02/ 18.12.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner is in jail custody since 25.1.2012 in a case registered under [STATUTE] . It is stated that house of the petitioner was raided and one motorcycle and two mobile sets were recovered from his house. In course of investigation, it came to light that the aforesaid motorcycle originally, belonged to one Raj Kishore who sold the said motorcycle to one Anil Kumar and allegedly, Anil Kumar sold the aforesaid motorcycle to one Sunil Kumar and Sunil Kumar sold the said motorcycle to Sheoji Rai who told that he had purchased the aforesaid motorcycle from Areraj Mela. It is contended on behalf of the petitioner that brother of petitioner had purchased the aforesaid motorcycle from Anil Kumar and sale letter was produced before the court below which is evident from perusal of the impugned order itself. Moreover, no case of theft in connection with the aforesaid motorcycle was registered. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner, Jamaluddin Mian, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs 10,000/- with two Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.44456 of 2012 (2) dt.18-12-2012 sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Motihari, East Champaran in Harsidhi P.S. Case no. 152/2012. Shahid (Hemant Kumar Srivastava,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.