Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.6805 of 2012 ====================================================== Amar Mahto .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 07-03-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner being husband is apprehending arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. The accusation is of torture for non-fulfillment of dowry demands. It is submitted on behalf of the petitioner that the marriage was performed in 2005 when the petitioner filed divorce case on 11.11.2009 and then the present case was filed on 1.7.2010. Considering the fact that the divorce was filed at earlier point of time, let the above named petitioner be released on anticipatory bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today on Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.6805 of 2012 (2) dt.07-03-2012 2 / 2 2 furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Saran at Chapra in connection with Complaint Case No. 1967/2010 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Anil/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 380

Statute Text:
Section 380 of the Indian Penal Code. Theft in a building, tent or vessel. Whoever commits theft in any building, tent or vessel, which building, tent or vessel is used as a human dwelling, or used for the custody of property, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.