Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.44531 of 2011 (3) dt.11-05-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No. 44531 of 2011 ====================================================== Mahesh Chaudhary .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE GOPAL PRASAD ORAL ORDER 3 11-05-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. This is a petition for grant of anticipatory bail in a case under [STATUTE] with regard to snatching of motorcycle. The petitioner is not named in the FIR. However, it is alleged that one of the accused was identified as Dharmendra Sah and from his possession motor-cycle has been recovered. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the name of the petitioner finds place on the statement of Dharmendra Sah. However, it has been stated that the said statement before the police was exculpatory in nature and though the informant in the FIR stated that there were three persons out of whom one Dharmendra Sah was apprehended but Dharmendra Sah in his confessional statement has named three persons including this petitioner. However, under the facts and circumstances of the case, let the above named petitioner be released on anticipatory bail in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of four weeks on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.44531 of 2011 (3) dt.11-05-2012 with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Begusarai in connection with Bachhwara P. S. Case No. 156 of 2010, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr. P. C. as well as subject to the condition that the petitioner shall co-operate with the police during investigation and produce himself as and when required by the police during investigation and if any incriminating material is found against the petitioner and charge-sheet is submitted then the petitioner shall surrender and pray for regular bail. Kundan/- (Gopal Prasad, 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.