Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.40008 of 2011 (3) dt.23-01-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.40008 of 2011 ====================================================== Arun Kumar Singh @ Arun Singh .... .... Petitioner Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner : Mr. Raj Kishore Prasad For the Opposite Party : Mr. Zainul Abadin, A.P.P 3 23-01-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner is in jail custody since 6.9.2011 (wrongly mentioned in the impugned order as 16.9.2011) in a case registered under [STATUTE] on the allegations that he along with co-accused Dayanand Puri were caught at the spot and stolen rupees three thousand were recovered from the possession of the petitioner. Learned counsel for the petitioner points out that co-accused Dayanand Puri has already been granted privilege of bail. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner, Arun Kumar Singh @ Arun Singh, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Patna in Kankarbag P.S. Case no. 279/2011. Shahid Hassan/- (Hemant Kumar Srivastava, 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.