Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.34936 of 2012 (2) dt.05-10-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.34936 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Yogendra Manjhi S/O Chandeshwar Manjhi 2. Lal Babu Manjhi S/O Sudama Manjhi .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 2 05-10-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners as well as learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioners are in jail custody since 09.04.2012 in a case registered under [STATUTE] . Although, first information report was registered against unknown person but it appears that in course of investigation, the stolen tempo was recovered from possession of the petitioners and after that petitioner no. 1 confessed his guilt before the police disclosing this fact that one Manoj Singh had given the aforesaid tempo to him to drive the said tempo and he used to deposit the rent of the aforesaid tempo with the above stated Manoj Singh. So far as petitioner no. 2 is concerned, petitioner no. 1 disclosed in his confessional statement that he was working on the said tempo as khalasi. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.34936 of 2012 (2) dt.05-10-2012 well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioners be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Sri Anand Abhishek, Judicial Magistrate, Vaishali at Hajipur in connection with Hajipur Sadar P.S. Case No. 53 of 2012. SHAHZAD/- (Hemant Kumar Srivastava, 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.