Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.16666 of 2012 (2) dt.10-05-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.16666 of 2012 ====================================================== Ajay Shankar .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 10-05-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences under [STATUTE] and sections 3, 4, 5 and 7 of the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act. On 3.7.2011 at 8.30 P.M. the police raided the flat of Prashant Bharti when three boys along with a girl Soni Devi were found in an objectionable position when it was found that one Dhruv Kumar took the flat in question from Sunil Tiwari in which the petitioner and others were also residing. It is submitted that petitioner has his business at Jamshedpur and the petitioner was not found present at the place of occurrence and there is nothing on record to suggest that the petitioner was residing in the said flat. Statement has been made in paragraph 18 of the petition that petitioner has no criminal antecedent. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.16666 of 2012 (2) dt.10-05-2012 Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named petitioner be released on anticipatory bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Patna in connection with Sri Krishna Puri P.S. Case No. 120 of 2011 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Anil/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 414

Statute Text:
Section 414 of the Indian Penal Code. Assisting in concealment or disposal of stolen property, knowing it to be stolen. Whoever voluntarily assists in concealing or disposing of or making away with property which he knows or has reason to believe to be stolen property, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.