Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.1363 of 2012 ====================================================== Jai Prakash Singh @ Jai Prakash Narayan Singh .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== 2 17-01-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered under [STATUTE] and Section 27 of the Arms Act. It is alleged that when the protest was being made by the informants against the highhandedness of the son of the petitioner being the Panchayat Mukhiya the petitioner resorted to fire. It is submitted that during the investigation the accusation was found false against the petitioner and charge sheet has been submitted but differing with the same the cognizance has been taken in the year 2008 but the non-bailable warrant has been issued in the year 2011. It is further submitted that the injuries of the informants’ side were found to be simple. There is counter version of the occurrence also. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named petitioner be released on anticipatory bail in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today, on furnishing the bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, West Champaran at Bettiah in connection with Lauria P.S. Case No. 107 of 2007 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. Amrendra Kumar/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, 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.