Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.39830 of 2011 ====================================================== Md. Haider @ Haider Miyan .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 05/ 06-03-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is languishing in custody since 08.09.2011 in a case initially registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and 27 of the Arms Act but subsequently converted into [STATUTE] . The name of the petitioner sprang up on the confession of Ram Babu Tanti, who has been granted bail vide Cr. Misc. No. 14796 of 2011. On merits the case of the petitioner is on the similar footing to that Ram Babu Tanti but since the petitioner was earlier convicted in a case under [STATUTE] , this Court is not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner. His prayer for bail is rejected. However, the petitioner may renew his prayer for bail Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.39830 of 2011 (5) dt.06-03-2012 2/2 after completing one year in custody in connection with Birpur P.S. Case No. 106 of 2010 pending in the court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Begusarai. DKS/ (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.