Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.20699 of 2012 ====================================================== Shatrughan Singh S/O Late Bhageshwar Singh Resident Of Village- Kauriya, P.S.- Bhagawanpur, Hat District- Siwan. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== 2 07-06-2012 Heard Mr. Krishna Kant Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner and Ms Indiwar Kumari, APP learned counsel for the State. Petitioner is an accused for offence punishable under [STATUTE] . Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the F.I.R. with respect to theft of cow is against unknown person, but the petitioner was apprehended on the basis of confessional statement of Jang Bahadur Sah. Learned counsel for the petitioner states that Jang Bahadur Sah has falsely implicated the petitioner due to political rivalry as the cow has been recovered from possession of Jang Bahadur Sah and no incriminating article has been recovered from possession of the petitioner, but in spite of that he is in custody since April, 2012. In the aforesaid facts and circumstances, this petition is allowed. Let petitioner above named be released on bail on Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.20699 of 2012 (2) dt.07-06-2012 2 furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000.00 (Rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Siwan in connection with Bhagwanpur P.S. Case No.18 of 2012. Harish/- (S.N. Hussain, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 379

Statute Text:
Section 379 of the Indian Penal Code. Theft. Whoever commits theft shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.