Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.16603 of 2012 ====================================================== Munna .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 04-05-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that one person, by introducing himself to be a reported of the newspaper, took the Mercedes car of the informant along with driver and subsequently the alleged person ran over with the car who subsequently came to be known as Shashank, subsequently the vehicle was recovered. Shashank, in his confessional statement, not only admitted his guilt but also named this petitioner as one of the conspirators. A statement has been made that the petitioner has no criminal antecedent. Considering the fact that the thrust of accusation is against Shashank, let the above named petitioner be released on anticipatory bail, in the event of arrest or surrender before the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.16603 of 2012 (2) dt.04-05-2012 2/2 learned Court below within a period of 12 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 the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Patna in connection with Gandhi Maidan P.S. Case No. 46/2012, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Amrendra/- (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.