Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.39200 of 2012 (2) dt.17-10-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.39200 of 2012 ====================================================== Ganesh Sharma .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 02/ 17.10.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner is in jail custody since 25.7.2012 in a case registered under [STATUTE] . Allegedly, some stolen articles were recovered from the shop of the petitioner but the impugned order does not reflect as to whether any case of theft has been registered in respect of the seized articles or not. Accordingly, petitioner, Ganesh Sharma, 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, Bhojpur at Ara in Ara Nawada P.S. Case no. 186/2012. Shahid (Hemant Kumar Srivastava,J)

Applicable IPC Section: 414

Statute Text:
Section 414 of the Indian Penal Code. Assisting in concealment or disposal of stolen property, knowing it to be stolen. Whoever voluntarily assists in concealing or disposing of or making away with property which he knows or has reason to believe to be stolen property, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.