Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.20624 of 2012 ====================================================== Durgesh Singh @ Durgesh Kumar Singh, son of Maheshi Singh, resident of Village-Balua, P.S. Barahara, District-Bhojpur. .... .... Petitioner Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== PRESENT: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.N. HUSSAIN ORDER 2 07-06-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. Petitioner is an accused for offences punishable under [STATUTE] . Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that neither the petitioner is named in the FIR, nor any incriminating article has been recovered from his possession. Learned counsel for the petitioner further submits that petitioner has been apprehended only on the basis of suspicion and it is alleged that truck in question had been recovered on the basis of his confessional statement, but the said claim of the prosecution is not correct, rather the truck had been recovered by the police on the basis of some other materials. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.20624 of 2012 (2) dt.07-06-2012 2 / 2 2 Learned counsel for the petitioner also avers that Ramanand Sharma from whose possession stolen truck had been recovered has already been enlarged on bail on the orders of a Bench of this Court dated 15.02.2012 passed in Cr.Misc. No.4476 of 2012. He further contends that petitioner has got no criminal antecedents, but he is languishing in custody for about six months. In the aforesaid facts and circumstances, this petition is allowed. Let above named petitioner be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000.00 (Rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bhojpur in connection with Shahpur P.S. Case No. 247 of 2011. Sunil/- (S.N. Hussain, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 414

Statute Text:
Section 414 of the Indian Penal Code. Assisting in concealment or disposal of stolen property, knowing it to be stolen. Whoever voluntarily assists in concealing or disposing of or making away with property which he knows or has reason to believe to be stolen property, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.