Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No. 39592 of 2012 ====================================================== Mani Bhushan Choudhary @ Bambam Choudhary S/O Surya Narain Choudhary R/O Village Dharahra, P.S. Raghopur, District Supaul. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar. .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : For the Opposite Party/s : ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AHSANUDDIN AMANULLAH ORAL ORDER 2. 02-11-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State. The petitioner is in custody in connection with Supaul P.S. Case No. 147 of 2012 registered for offence punishable under [STATUTE] . Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is not named in the F.I.R. which relates to the recovery of a stolen Bolero vehicle from the front of the house of the named accused Cahandan Kumar Thakur. Learned counsel submits that when the police made enquiry before the F.I.R. was lodged with regard to the said Bolero vehicle, the mother of the named accused had produced the ownership papers but had not taken the name of Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.39592 of 2012 (2) dt.02-11-2012 2 the petitioner as the person through whom the vehicle was purchased. It is submitted that later on in her statement she has said before the police that the petitioner was the person through whom her son namely, Chandan Kumar Thakur had purchased the vehicle. Learned counsel submits that the petitioner is a driver and used to work for Chandan Kumar Thakur but had left his service and thus he has been falsely implicated by Chandan Kumar Thakur in the present case. It is submitted that nothing incriminating has been recovered from the possession of the petitioner. Learned counsel has drawn the attention of this Court to the order dated 16.05.2012 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 20356 of 2012 by which a co-ordinate bench of this Court has granted anticipatory bail to Chandan Kumar Thakur. The web copy of the said order has been made Annexure-3 in the present application. The petitioner is in custody since 09.08.2012. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for bail and submits that other witnesses have also supported the allegation that the stolen vehicle was purchased by Chandan Kumar Thakur through the petitioner and thus he does not deserve to be released on bail. Upon hearing learned counsels for the parties and considering the facts and circumstances of the case, let the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.39592 of 2012 (2) dt.02-11-2012 3 abovenamed petitioner be released on bail upon furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Supaul in connection with Supaul P.S. Case No. 147 of 2012. One of the bailors shall be the close relative of the petitioner. The petitioner shall appear in the case on each and every date before the court concerned and upon failure to do so on two consecutive dates, without sufficient cause, the court below shall proceed to cancel the bail bonds of the petitioner. Anjani/- (Ahsanuddin Amanullah, 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.