Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.8577 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Binod Sahni 2. Naresh Sahni .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 02/ 21-03-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and 3 (1) (x) SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. The accusations are of making assault, snatching Rs.2,000/- and abusing by calling caste name. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners as per the accusation no injury was caused and the wife of one of the petitioners has lodged Complaint Case No. 726 of 2011 and for the occurrence of 22.05.2011 the case was lodged on 29.05.2011 which was transmitted to the learned court below on 31.05.2011. The delayed lodging of the case clouds the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.8577 of 2012 (2) dt.21-03-2012 2/2 bonafide of the accusation. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named petitioners be released on anticipatory bail in the event of their arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today, 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, Samastipur in connection with Musrigharari P.S. Case No. 46 of 2011, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. DKS/ (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.