Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.4672 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Shyam Bihari Ram S/O Late Bashishth Ram Resident Of Village- Garra, P.S.- Nuon, District- Kaimur At Bhabhua .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 02/ 14.02.2012 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 135 of Indian Electricity Act. The accusation is of committing theft of electricity. Loss has been calculated as Rs.1,51,636/-. It is alleged that the petitioner could not deposit the arrears of Rs.76,000/- and odd. The petitioner undertakes to deposit the arrears of Rs.76,000/- and odd within a period of three months. Considering the stand of the petitioner, let the above named petitioner be released on anticipatory bail in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.4672 of 2012 (2) dt.14-02-2012 2/2 learned court below within a period of twelve 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 learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kaimur at Bhabua in connection with Ramgarh (Nuon) P.S. Case No. 118 of 2011, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. The bail bond of the petitioner will be provisionally accepted till deposit of the alleged arrears of the electricity consumption. DKS/ (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.