Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.24500 of 2012 (2) dt.17-07-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.24500 of 2012 ====================================================== Praveen Kunwar .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 02/ 17.07.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner is in jail custody since 28.1.2012 in a case registered under [STATUTE] which was registered in the year 1997. Petitioner is not named in the first information report and it appears that the name of this petitioner came in this case in the confessional statement of co-accused Navin Kumar and after that petitioner has been made accused in this case. The impugned order further reveals that investigation of this case has been kept pending against the petitioner for long. Moreover, the aforesaid co-accused Navin Kumar and several other accused have already been acquitted after full-fledged trial. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner, Praveen Kunwar, 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, Begusarai in Teghara P.S. Case no. 146/1997. 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.