Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.4484 of 2012 ====================================================== Pramod Mahto .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== with Criminal Miscellaneous No.4485 of 2012 ====================================================== Santosh Kumar@Santosh Mahto .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 15-02-2012 Petitioners are languishing in custody since 24.10.2011 in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . Accusation is of dacoity in the post office. The name of the petitioners sprang up on confession of co-accused. There is no recovery from the petitioners and it is submitted that both the petitioners have no criminal antecedent. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the petitioners namely 1. Pramod Mahto 2. Santosh Kumar @ Santosh Mahto, Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.4484 of 2012 (2) dt.15-02-2012 2 / 2 2 be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Aurangabad in connection with Rafiganj P.S. Case No. 175 of 2011. Since investigation is not complete as it appears from the impugned order, let the petitioners file an undertaking on affidavit that they will cooperate during investigation regularly. Let a copy of the same be transmitted to the concerned I.O. by learned Court below. Shageer/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 395

Statute Text:
Section 395 of the Indian Penal Code. Dacoity. Whoever commits dacoity shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or with rigorous imprisonment for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.