Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.45251 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Dr. Irfan Khan S/O Mini Khan @ Shaukat Ali Resident Of Village- Binwaliya, P.S.- Shikarpur, District- West Champaran (Bettiah) .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. SHEEMA ALI KHAN ORAL ORDER 2 17-12-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the counsel appearing on behalf of the State. Petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case under [STATUTE] . The allegation in the First Information Report is that there was a recovery of two stolen motorcycles from the possession of Tazuddin Ansari and Fariyad Khan. A co-accused Rajendra Yadav has named the petitioner as one of the persons who had purchased a stolen motorcycle. However, the First Information Report reveals that there is no recovery from the possession of the petitioner. In the circumstances aforesaid, the petitioner namely Dr. Irfan Khan is directed to be released on anticipatory bail in the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.45251 of 2012 (2) dt.17-12-2012 2 / 2 2 event of his arrest or surrender within a period of six weeks in connection with Shikarpur P.S. Case No. 223/2012 on furnishing bail bond of rupees ten thousand with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bettiah, West Champaran, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. Sanjay/- (Sheema Ali Khan, 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.