Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.3572 of 2012 ====================================================== Ravindra Kumar .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Chandra Bhushan Das For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. B.N. Pandit ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH) 2 03-02-2012 Petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences under [STATUTE] . and the provisions of the Electricity Act. Accusation is of committing theft of electricity. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the building in question is a hostel and the students alleged to have committed theft. It is further submitted that F.I.R. does not reflect the loss accrued due to the theft of the electricity, but during investigation it has come that the loss has been calculated to the tune of Rs. 6000/- out of which Rs. 5000/- has already been deposited Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.3572 of 2012 (2) dt.03-02-2012 2 / 2 2 by the petitioner. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the petitioner namely Ravindra Kumar, in the event of his 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. 10,000/-(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Madhepura in connection with Madhepura P.S. Case No. 67 of 2011. 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.