Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.40677 of 2012 ====================================================== Amit Sharma S/O Late Bhumi Sharma R/O Village - South Amoul, Purab Tola, P.S. Falka, District – Katihar. .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 23-11-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The accusation against 14 accused persons to have made assault to the husband of the informant when the informant came to rescue her husband she was assaulted and snatched gold locket and cash 4500/-. It is submitted that post mortem does not corroborate the accusation of assault by 14 persons and considering the same Rubi Devi and another and Karuna Devi and another have been granted regular bail by this Court vide Cr. Misc. Nos. 26299 of 2012 and 32160 of 2012. This Court sees no reason for the learned Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.40677 of 2012 (2) dt.23-11-2012 2 / 2 2 court below not to give the same privilege to the petitioner if he surrenders within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of copy of this order in connection with Falka P.S. Case No. 128 of 2012 pending in the court of the learned C.J.M. Katihar. With this observation, the application is disposed off. Let the order be faxed to the learned court below at the cost of the petitioner. U.K./- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 380

Statute Text:
Section 380 of the Indian Penal Code. Theft in a building, tent or vessel. Whoever commits theft in any building, tent or vessel, which building, tent or vessel is used as a human dwelling, or used for the custody of property, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.