Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.22095 of 2012 ====================================================== Afzal, S/o Late Taha, R/o Village - Duba, P.S. Jokihat, Distt. – Araria. .... .... Petitioner Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHWANI KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 13-06-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with a case registered under [STATUTE] . It is submitted that the petitioner is neither named in the F.I.R. nor any incriminating material has been recovered from him. Save and except confessional statement of co-accused who was hostile to the petitioner, there is no other material to connect the petitioner with the alleged offence. Be that as it may, considering the serious nature of allegation and the fact that the case is still under investigation, I am not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner and, accordingly, the same is rejected. Sanjeet/- (Ashwani Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 412

Statute Text:
Section 412 of the Indian Penal Code. Dishonestly receiving stolen property, knowing that it was obtained by Dacoity. Whoever dishonestly receives or retains any stolen property, the possession whereof he knows or has reason to believe to have been transferred by the commission of dacoity, or dishonestly receives from a person, whom he knows or has reason to believe to belong or to have belonged to a gang of dacoits, property which he knows or has reason to believe to have been stolen, 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.