Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.19203 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Shambhu Singh @Bhutta S/O Late Madan Singh R/O Village - Tilak Maidan, Barahiya, P.S. Barahiya, District - Lakhisarai .... .... Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AHSANUDDIN AMANULLAH ORAL ORDER 2. 29-05-2012. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State. The petitioner seeks bail in Barahiya P.S. Case No. 34 of 2011 registered for offence punishable under [STATUTE] . Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that though the F.I.R is against unknown persons but the petitioner has been made accused only on the basis of suspicion since he was earlier also implicated in a similar case and that is why the petitioner has been made accused in the present case also. It is stated that the allegation is that the informant along with his relatives was looted of their mobile phones. Learned counsel submits that he is in custody since 9.9.2011. Learned counsel has produced a web copy of the order dated 11.4.2012 Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.19203 of 2012 (2) dt.29-05-2012 2 passed in Cr.Misc.No.12743 of 2012 by a coordinate bench of this court who has granted bail to a similarly situated co- accused Pujari Singh alias Sintu Singh who had also similar criminal antecedent. Let the copy of the order be kept on the record. Learned A.P.P. for the State submits that the petitioner having criminal antecedent, does not deserve the privilege of bail. Upon hearing learned counsel for the parties and considering the facts and circumstances of the case, let the petitioner, abovenamed, be released on bail upon furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Lakhisarai in connection with Barahiya P.S. Case No. 34 of 2011. ahk/- (Ahsanuddin Amanullah, J.)

Applicable IPC Section: 392

Statute Text:
Section 392 of the Indian Penal Code. Robbery. Whoever commits robbery shall be punished with rigorous imprisonment for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine; and, if the robbery be committed on the highway between sunset and sunrise, the imprisonment may be extended to fourteen years.