Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.2414 of 2012 ====================================================== Vijay Kumar & Ors. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH) 2 25-01-2012 Petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that house of one Umesh Sah was raided when four hundred sachets of country made liquor of 200ml each were recovered and when Umesh Sah was arrested, the villagers tried to rescue him and petitioners also tried to snatch the arms of the police. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that for the same occurrence, Hathauri P.S. Case No. 55 of 2011 was lodged in which only Umesh Sah was made accused. Though same accusation was levelled against the villagers in the said case, but in the present case petitioners and others have subsequently been named. It is orally submitted that petitioners have no criminal antecedent. Considering the general nature of accusation when no injury has been caused to the police nor any arm has actually been snatched, let the petitioners namely 1. Vijay Kumar 2. Ram Ekbal Baitha 3. Rakesh Kumar 4. Birendra Rai, 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. 10,000/-(ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Muzaffarpur in connection with Hathauri P.S. Case No. 56 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.