Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.29230 of 2012 ====================================================== Dilip Kumar .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 16-08-2012 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] . The accusation is of committing theft of electric wire worth Rs. 20,000/-. The name of the petitioner was being traced by the accused persons on the alleged date of theft. It is submitted that the petitioner is not involved in any other case of similar nature. Let the learned court below consider regular bail of the petitioner if he surrenders within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of copy of this order in connection with Siwan (Town) P.S. Case No. 13 of 2011 pending in the court of the learned C.J.M. Siwan. With this observation, the application is Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.29230 of 2012 (2) dt.16-08-2012 2 / 2 2 disposed off. Let the order be faxed to the learned court below at the cost of the petitioner. U.K./- (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.