Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.11639 of 2012 (4) dt.15-05-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.11639 of 2012 ====================================================== Sanjeev Kumar @ Sanjeeb Kr. Singh .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 04/ 15.05.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner is in jail custody since 21.1.2012 in a case registered under [STATUTE] . Petitioner is not named in the first information report but his name surfaced in this case when stolen vehicle was recovered at Jamshedpur and for the theft of the aforesaid vehicle a case at Jamshedpur was lodged against the petitioner and others. It is contended by learned counsel for the petitioner that the alleged recovery has been made from a garage and not from the conscious possession of the petitioner and moreover, petitioner has already been granted privilege of bail in the case which has been lodged in the State of Jharkhand. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, particularly, taking into account that the petitioner does not have any criminal antecedent as it appears from the letter of S.P, Lakhisarai, let the petitioner, Sanjeev Kumar @ Sanjeeb Kr. Singh, 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, Patna in Beur P.S. Case no. 12/2011. Shahid (Hemant Kumar Srivastava,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.