Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.33907 of 2012 ====================================================== Raju Singh @ Chinta Haran Singh @ Chinta Haran Kumar .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 12-09-2012 Petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . and 33 of the Indian Forest Act. Accusation is of cutting sisham trees on the government land for using in the brick-klin business. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that there is no eye witness and only on suspicion the accusation has been levelled against the petitioner. A statement has been made in para 13 of the petition that petitioner has no criminal antecedent. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the petitioner namely Raju Singh @ Chinta Haran Singh @ Chinta Haran Kumar, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.33907 of 2012 (2) dt.12-09-2012 2 / 2 2 10,000/-(ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Sikrahana at Motihari in connection with Chiraiya P.S. Case No. 96 of 2012. The bail bonds of the petitioner will be accepted on filing affidavit that he will cooperate in the investigation. Let the aforesaid affidavit be transmitted by learned Court below to the concerned I.O. Non-cooperation in the investigation will give liberty to the prosecution to file appropriate application for cancellation of bail of the petitioner. Shageer/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, 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.