Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.25876 of 2012 (2) dt.26-07-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.25876 of 2012 ====================================================== Pawan Kumar Burnwal .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 26-07-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken under [STATUTE] and Section 3/4 of the Prevention of Witch Practice Act. It is alleged that the accused persons abused the informant and made assault with fists and slaps for playing the witch craft on the son of the accused persons as a result of which he remains ill most of the time. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that no injury has been caused and the father of the petitioner lodged Jamui P.S. Case No. 166 of 2011 against the husband and other family members of the complainant making accusation under [STATUTE] on 29.05.2011 then the present complaint was filed on 28.07.2011. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.25876 of 2012 (2) dt.26-07-2012 petitioner, 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) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Jamui in connection with Complaint Case No. 955C of 2011, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Amrendra/- (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.