Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.38336 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Bachu Gupta @ Bachchu Prasad Gupta S/O Late Sitaram Sah Resident Of Gandhipath, Ward No. 10, P.O and P.S- Saharsa, District- Saharsa. 2. Raj Kumar Gupta S/O Late Sitaram Sah Resident of Gandhipath, Ward No. 10, P.O and P.S- Saharsa, District- Saharsa. 3. Kailu Gupta @ Sanjeev Kumar Gupta S/O Raj Kumar Gupta Resident Of Gandhipath, Ward No. 10, P.O and P.S- Saharsa, District- Saharsa. 4. Pramod Kumar Gupta @ Pramod Gutpa S/O Bachchu Gupta Resident Of Gandhipath, Ward No. 10, P.O and P.S- Saharsa, District- Saharsa. .... .... Petitioners. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 05-10-2012 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] . The accusation against the petitioner no. 4 to have fired at the informant and demanded extortion of Rs. 2,00,000/-. It is submitted that the petitioners are tenants of one Suma Devi and in the background of tenancy dispute the present accusation has been levelled when no injury was caused to any one. The statement has been made in paragraph no. 17 of the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.38336 of 2012 (2) dt.05-10-2012 2 / 2 2 petition that the petitioners have no criminal antecedent. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the petitioners, above named, be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today in connection with Saharsa P.S. Case No. 200 of 2012 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned C.J.M. Saharsa, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. U.K./- (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.