Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.29235 of 2011 (4) dt.14-05-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.29235 of 2011 ====================================================== Shanti Sharan Singh, son of Mundrika Singh, resident of Village- Bara, P.S. Arwal, District- Arwal. .... .... Petitioner. Versus 1. The State of Bihar. 2. Anju Devi, wife of Shanti Sharan Singh, resident of Village- Bara, P.S. Arwal, District- Arwal. .... .... Opposite Parties. ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE GOPAL PRASAD ORAL ORDER 4 14-05-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Complaint Case No. 569 of 2009, registered under [STATUTE] . There is allegation of demand and subjecting cruelty against the petitioner. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is ready to keep the complainant with due dignity, and if the complainant is not ready to live with the petitioner then he is ready to pay maintenance Rs. 700/- per month. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, the above named petitioner in the event of his arrest/surrender within a period of four weeks from today shall be Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.29235 of 2011 (4) dt.14-05-2012 released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Smt. Rachana Raj, Judicial Magistrate, Ist Class, Jehanabad in connection with Complaint Case No. 569 of 2009, subject to condition as laid down under Section 438 (2) of Cr.P.C. with a further condition that petitioner shall either keep the complainant with due dignity and neither assault her nor subject her to cruelty or pay maintenance Rs. 700/- per month till higher maintenance is decided by the competent court. m.p. (Gopal Prasad, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 378

Statute Text:
Section 378 of the Indian Penal Code. None. Whoever, intending to take dishonestly any movable property out of the possession of any person without that person's consent, moves that property in order to such taking, is said to commit theft.