Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.8709 of 2012 ====================================================== Arvind Mandal, Arbind Mandal, S/O Jyotish Mandal, Resident Of Village- Butijhari, P.S.- Galgalia, District- Kishanganj .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. R.M. Singh, Adv. For the State : Mr. R.B. Roy ‘Raman’, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. ANJANA PRAKASH ORAL ORDER 2. 10-07-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner seeks quashing of the order dated 9.11.2011 by which the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kishanganj has taken cognizance Thakurganj (Galgalia) P.S. Case No. 106 of 2011 (G.R. No. 749 of 2011) punishable under [STATUTE] and Section 33 of the Forest Act. Since the petitioner seeks quashing on disputed questions of fact which cannot be appreciated at this stage, I am not inclined to interfere in the matter. The application is dismissed. S.Ali (Anjana Prakash, 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.