Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.25684 of 2012 ====================================================== Md. Rahim .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 26-07-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The informant found the backdoor of his house was broken when theft of Rs. 12,000/-, ornaments and other articles were committed and a person fled away from the place of occurrence who was identified by the informant as the petitioner. It is submitted that the petitioner is 70 years old having no criminal antecedent. In view of this Court, it is a fit case for consideration of regular bail if the petitioner surrenders within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of copy of this order in connection with Paroo P.S. Case No. 38 of 2012 pending in the court of the learned S.D.J.M. (West), Muzaffarpur. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.25684 of 2012 (2) dt.26-07-2012 2 / 2 2 With this observation, the application is disposed off. Let the order be faxed to the learned court below at the cost of the petitioner. U.K./- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 380

Statute Text:
Section 380 of the Indian Penal Code. Theft in a building, tent or vessel. Whoever commits theft in any building, tent or vessel, which building, tent or vessel is used as a human dwelling, or used for the custody of property, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.