Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.40694 of 2012 (2) dt.02-11-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.40694 of 2012 ====================================================== Ajay Rai .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 02/ 02.11.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Admittedly, first information report was registered against unknown for the offence punishable under [STATUTE] . The impugned order reflects that the name of this petitioner came in this case in course of investigation when some witnesses claimed to have seen the petitioner committing the alleged crime. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that had the petitioner identified by the witnesses at the time of commission of dacoity, name of the petitioner would have certainly been disclosed by the aforesaid witnesses before the informant prior to institution of the present case. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner, Ajay Rai, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sitamarhi in Riga P.S. Case no. 61/2012. Shahid (Hemant Kumar Srivastava,J)

Applicable IPC Section: 395

Statute Text:
Section 395 of the Indian Penal Code. Dacoity. Whoever commits dacoity shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or with rigorous imprisonment for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.