Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.15500 of 2012 ====================================================== Awadhesh Singh @ Awadhesh Kr. Singh .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== with Criminal Miscellaneous No.17462 of 2012 ====================================================== Madhurendra Singh .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== with Criminal Miscellaneous No.17481 of 2012 ====================================================== Braj Kishore Singh @ Bhola Singh .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 26-04-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners, informant and the State. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and 27 of the Arms Act. The specific accusation of firing is against petitioner Awadhesh Singh and Nand Kishore Singh whereas assault was made by lathi and farsa by Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.15500 of 2012 (2) dt.26-04-2012 2 / 2 2 Chandan Singh, petitioner Madhurendra Singh, Pappu Singh. Other accusation is of committing theft of ornaments and other articles. The injury report suggests the marginal injury of laceration and abrasion simple in nature and there is counter version of occurrence also. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the petitioners, above named, be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today in connection with Awtar Nagar P.S. Case No. 119 of 2011 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned C.J.M. Saran at Chapra, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. 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.