Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.6329 of 2012 (3) dt.27-02-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.6329 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Birkha Mandal S/O Bhago Mandal .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 3 27-02-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner was earlier on bail but his bail bond was cancelled on 28.05.1998 and, thereafter, process was issued against him and on the strength of process issued against him he was arrested and remanded in the case on 14.09.2011. The contention of learned counsel for the petitioner is that in the year 1993, a case under [STATUTE] and 25 (1-B), 26 of the Arms Act was registered against the petitioner and other accused persons and petitioner did his pairvi in the above stated case till the year 1998 but his case could not be concluded and after that petitioner went outside the State in connection with his livelihood after entrusting his pairvi to his advocate clerk but his advocate clerk did not make proper pairvi nor informed the petitioner about the status of the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.6329 of 2012 (3) dt.27-02-2012 case as a result of which the bail bond of the petitioner was cancelled. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Bhagalpur in connection with Sahkund P.S. Case No. 116 of 1993 subject to condition that one of the sureties shall be close relative of the petitioner and the aforesaid surety shall disclose on affidavit as to how he is related with the petitioner and furthermore, petitioner shall attend the trial court on each and every date in person for the period of nine months or till conclusion of his trial and if he fails to do so on two consecutive dates without any genuine cause, the learned trial court shall be at liberty to cancel the bail bonds of the petitioner. SHAHZAD/- (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.