Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.41274 of 2012 (3) dt.14-12-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.41274 of 2012 ====================================================== Laxmi Yadav & Lakshmi Kumar Yadav .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 03/ 14.12.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner is in jail custody since 6.6.2011 in a case registered under [STATUTE] and earlier prayer for bail of the petitioner was rejected by this court vide order dated 10.2.2012 passed in Cr. Misc. no. 43182/2011 on the ground that he was identified by the informant in test identification parade. The contention on behalf of the petitioner is that petitioner is in jail custody since long and up till now, only one witness has been examined which is evident from the report of the learned trial court itself. It is further contended by him that moreover, it is a case of single identification and admittedly, alleged occurrence took place on 29.4.2011 whereas test identification parade was held on 20.6.2011 i.e. near about after two months of the alleged occurrence. Considering the aforesaid submissions as well as the period of detention of the petitioner in jail custody, let the petitioner, Laxmi Yadav @ Lakshmi Kumar Yadav, 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, Samastipur in Tajpur (Pusa)P.S. Case no. 144/2011. Shahid (Hemant Kumar Srivastava,J)

Applicable IPC Section: 392

Statute Text:
Section 392 of the Indian Penal Code. Robbery. Whoever commits robbery shall be punished with rigorous imprisonment for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine; and, if the robbery be committed on the highway between sunset and sunrise, the imprisonment may be extended to fourteen years.