Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.25063 of 2012 ====================================================== Arbind Kumar .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 23-07-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner being the husband of the complainant is apprehending arrest in Complaint Case No. 2157 of 2010 in which cognizance has been taken under [STATUTE] pending in the court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Patna. The accusation is of torture. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that earlier also the complainant filed a case with similar accusation in which the petitioner have been convicted when revision has been filed against the conviction and after lodging of the earlier case, the victim never resided with the petitioner. In view of this Court, it is a fit case for consideration of regular bail. Let the learned court below consider the regular bail of the petitioner preferably on the same day if the petitioner Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.25063 of 2012 (2) dt.23-07-2012 2/2 surrenders within a period of six weeks. With the above observation, this application is, accordingly, disposed off. Let the order be transmitted to the learned court below through fax at the cost of the petitioner. Amrendra/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, 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.