Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.25320 of 2012 ====================================================== Rajeev Kumar @ Lallan Singh .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 24-07-2012 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] . and 47(a) of the Excise Act. Huge quantity of foreign liquor was being carried on the tractor. The police party apprehended three persons. Petitioner was not named in the F.I.R. It is submitted that on confessional statement of Rajesh Kumar Singh the name of the petitioner sprang up. The statement has been made in paragraph no. 10 of the petition that the petitioner has no criminal antecedent and investigation is still pending. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.25320 of 2012 (2) dt.24-07-2012 2 / 2 2 petitioner, above named, be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today in connection with Ballia P.S. Case No. 223 of 2007 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned C.J.M. Begusarai, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The bail bond of the petitioner will be accepted on affidavit being filed before the learned court below that the petitioner will co-operate in investigation and the said affidavit be transmitted to the concerned Investigating Officer of the present case by the learned court below. The learned court below will also be at liberty to cancel the bail of the petitioner if he gets involved in any other case under the Excise Act or defaults for three consecutive occasions during trial. U.K./- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, 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.