Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.23364 of 2012 ====================================================== Sushil Kejriwal @ Sushil Kumar Kejriwal .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 03/ 31-08-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and 7 of the Essential Commodities Act. 748 bags of fertilizer were seized from the godown of one Dilip Sultania, who conveyed that the godown has been taken on rent by Pawan Kejariwal and Pawan Kejariwal conveyed that the fertilizer belongs to this petitioner. It is submitted by learned senior counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner is a registered dealer of the fertilizers for which Annexure-2 has been brought on record and the fertilizers were purchased from the manufacturer and documents to that effect have been Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.23364 of 2012 (3) dt.31-08-2012 2/2 brought on record as Annexure-4 and 5. Further it is submitted that the accusation of selling in the black market is only based on presumptions. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named petitioner be released on anticipatory bail in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Sub-divisional Judicial Magistrate, Begusarai in connection with Fulwaria P.S. Case No. 160 of 2011, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. DKS/ (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.