Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.38835 of 2012 ====================================================== Moti Pandit @ Moti Padit, Son of Late Bhola Padit. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AKHILESH CHANDRA ORAL ORDER 2 30-10-2012 Learned counsel representing the petitioner is permitted to make necessary correction in the prayer portion of the application during the course of the day. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. The petitioner, who is languishing in custody, seeks bail in a case registered under [STATUTE] and 7 of Essential Commodities Act, is one of the named accused in this case on being apprehended with some food grains. Submission is of false implication and under almost similarly situated circumstance, co-accused, namely, Dhiru Jaiswal has already been released on bail vide order dated 11.10.2012 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 37807/2012 by a Bench of this Court. More so, petitioner carries no criminal antecedent. If it is so, having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, the petitioner above named is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rs. Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bagaha, West Champaran in connection with Bagaha (Pathkahuli) P.S. Case No. 258 of 2012, subject to condition to remain Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.38835 of 2012 (2) dt.30-10-2012 2 physically present before the court below on each and every date till disposal of the case and in case of failure on two consecutive dates without giving any reasonable explanation, the privilege granted shall be deemed to be cancelled. Praveen-II/- (Akhilesh Chandra, 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.