Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.7552 of 2012 ====================================================== Abhimanyu Singh .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 02/ 14-03-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and 135, 138 of the Electricity Act. The accusation is of consuming electricity without any authority. It appears that the arrears of the bill was of Rs.1,34,939/-. The loss has been assessed as Rs. 1,20,000/-. The petitioner undertakes to deposit 50% of the loss amount i.e. Rs.60,000/- and the arrears of Rs.1,34,939/- within a period of nine months to the authority of the Electricity Board. Considering the aforesaid undertaking, let the above named petitioner be released on anticipatory Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.7552 of 2012 (2) dt.14-03-2012 2/2 bail provisionally in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kaimur at Bhabua in connection with Ramgarh P.S. Case No. 47 of 2011, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. The provisional bail will be confirmed by the learned court below on payment of the aforesaid amount. DKS/ (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.