Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.17143 of 2012 (3) dt.28-05-2012 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.17143 of 2012 ====================================================== Nitu Kumari @ Kajal D/O Late Tuntun Singh Resident Of Village- Tithapur, North Of Tulai Ashram, P.S.- Sakaldihan, District- Chandauti (U.P.), At Present House Of Birbal Yadav, Chandani Chowk, 11 No. Lakh, P.S.- Buxar, Muffasil, District- Buxar .... .... Petitioner Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AHSANUDDIN AMANULLAH ORAL ORDER 3 28-05-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned A.P.P. for the State. Petitioner seeks bail in Buxar Rail P.S. case no.59 of 2011 for the offence registered under [STATUTE] dated 29.8.2011. Later on [STATUTE] has been added. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the only allegation against the petitioner, who is a lady, is that she called the driver of the Bolero to the place from where she along with other co-accused boarded the vehicle and the same was looted on the way. Learned counsel submits that petitioner has no criminal antecedent and is in custody since 2.9.2011. Learned Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.17143 of 2012 (3) dt.28-05-2012 2 counsel has produced before this Court web copies of the orders dated 18.5.2012 passed by a coordinate Bench of this Court in Cr. Misc. No. 12758 of 2012, Cr. Misc. No. 15495 of 2012, Cr. Misc. No. 15580 of 2012 and Cr. Misc. No. 14954 of 2012 by which the other similarly situated co-accused have been granted bail. He has also produced a web copy of the order dated 14.2.2012 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 4250 of 2012 by another coordinate Bench granting bail to another co-accused. Let the aforesaid web copies of the orders be kept on record. Learned A.P.P. for the State submits that petitioner can be termed as gang leader and the Master-Mind person in the whole affair. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, let petitioner named above be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Railway Judicial Magistrate, Bhojpur at Arrah, in connection with Buxar Rail P.S. case no.59 of 2011. This application stands disposed off. (Ahsanuddin Amanullah, J) Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.17143 of 2012 (3) dt.28-05-2012 3 sudip/-

Applicable IPC Section: 395

Statute Text:
Section 395 of the Indian Penal Code. Dacoity. Whoever commits dacoity 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.