Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.38634 of 2011 (4) dt.26-03-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.38634 of 2011 ====================================================== Ranjeet Paswan, S/o Harishwar Paswan, resident of Mohalla-Bamali, Khatajangi, P.S. Town Hajipur, District- Vaishali at Hajipur. .... .... Petitioner. Versus 1. The State of Bihar . .... .... Opposite Party. CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE GOPAL PRASAD ORAL ORDER 4 26-03-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. The petitioner has been arrested in connection with Hajipur Town P.S. Case No. 31 of 2011 registered under [STATUTE] . The petitioner has not named in the F.I.R. However, only material against the petitioner is that confessional statement of this petitioner itself and at his instance some looted articles have been recovered from one Kashi Rai who has been granted bail by this Court in Cr. Misc. No. 37024 of 2011. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that two cases are pending against the petitioner. Out of two cases, one of the case, the petitioner has been acquitted. The petitioner is in jail custody since 22. 06. 2011, in this case. Under the above facts and circumstances of the case the above named petitioner is directed to 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 Chief Judicial Magistrate, Vaishali at Hajipur, in connection with Hajipur town P.S. Case No. 31 of 2011, subject to condition that one of the bailors shall be close relative of the petitioner and he shall file an affidavit that out of two cases, one case is pending against the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.38634 of 2011 (4) dt.26-03-2012 petitioner. Further condition that petitioner shall file Hazri in the nearest police station and petitioner shall appear on each and every date fixed in this case and in any absence of the petitioner shall be subject to satisfaction of the court below on reasonable ground. m.p. (Gopal Prasad, 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.