Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.42073 of 2011 ====================================================== Kedar Singh @ Kedar Nath Singh, son of Sri Ganesh Prasad Singh, resident of village – Nav Tolia of Police Station Gopalpur, District – Bhagalpur. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AKHILESH CHANDRA ORAL ORDER 3 19-03-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Gopalpur P.S. Case No. 231/2010 for offences under [STATUTE] and 135 of Electricity Act, pending in the court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Naugachia, Bhagalpur. After some arguments, learned counsel for the petitioner seeks permission to withdraw this application with a liberty to apply before competent authority in accordance with law for compounding of the case and deposit due. Further, learned counsel for the petitioner seeks interim protection from being arrested for four weeks enabling him to do all the needful. Prayer is allowed. Accordingly, this application stands disposed of as withdrawn. Let a copy of this order be communicated to the court below through Fax at the cost of the petitioner. Rajeev/- (Akhilesh Chandra, 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.