Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.23150 of 2012 (2) dt.04-07-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.23150 of 2012 ====================================================== Dharmnath Singh .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== with Criminal Miscellaneous No.24281 of 2012 ====================================================== Shatrughan Singh .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 04-07-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners are apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and section 27 of the Arms Act. It is alleged that the petitioners and others were convening a meeting to commit offence when the informant intervened when co accused Ashok Singh tried to fire but it got misfired and co accused Ajay Singh pressed the neck of the informant. It is further alleged that co accused Ambika Singh took out Rs.2600 from the pocket of the informant when others made Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.23150 of 2012 (2) dt.04-07-2012 assault. It is submitted that the injury has been found to be simple and no overt act has been alleged against the petitioners and the case has been lodged in the background that the informant filed Title suit no. 16 of 1992 in which petitioner Shatrughan Singh was defendant and when the said suit got dismissed, in order to get the land involved in the title suit vacated, the present case has been lodged. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named petitioners be released on anticipatory bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of 12 weeks from today on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Katihar in connection with Katihar Town P.S. Case No. 252 of 2012 subject to the conditions as laid down under section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. Anil/- (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.