Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.26529 of 2012 (2) dt.27-07-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.26529 of 2012 ====================================================== Tarkeshwar Sah .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 02/ 27.07.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner is in jail custody since 4.4.2012 in a case registered under [STATUTE] . Admittedly, investigation of this case has already been completed and except the present case, petitioner does not have any criminal antecedent. Accordingly, petitioner, Tarkeshwar Sah, is directed to 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, Saran at Chapra in Chapra Mufassil P.S. Case no. 80/2012. Shahid (Hemant Kumar Srivastava,J)

Applicable IPC Section: 457

Statute Text:
Section 457 of the Indian Penal Code. Lurking house-trespass or house-breaking by night in order to the commission of an offence punishable with imprisonment. Whoever commits lurking house-trespass by night, or house-breaking by night in order to the committing of any offence punishable with imprisonment, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to five years, and shall also be liable to fine; and, if the offence intended to be committed is theft, the term of the imprisonment may be extended to fourteen years.