Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.19644 of 2012 (3) dt.16-08-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.19644 of 2012 ====================================================== Laxman Singh @ Lakhua @ Lakhuri @ Binod Singh & ano .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 03/ 16.08.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioners are in jail custody since 12.9.2011 in a case registered under [STATUTE] . Admittedly, petitioners are not named in the first information report but in course of investigation, it is stated that one mobile set and one Payal were recovered from the possession of the petitioners respectively and the aforesaid seized articles were put on test identification parade in which informant participated and identified the looted articles. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that some co- accused persons, having more or less similar allegation, have already been granted privilege of bail. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as period of detention of the petitioners in jail custody, let the petitioners, Laxman Singh @ Lakhua @ Lakhuri @ Binod Singh and Karmu Choudhary, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs 10,000/- each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kishanganj in Pothia P.S. Case no. 84/2011. 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.