Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.7603 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Umesh Manjhi, 2. Abhichand Manjhi 3. Bijanti kunwar alias Bijanti Devi, 4. Ramita Devi .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 15-03-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioner no. 1 being husband and petitioner nos. 2 to 4 being family members of the husband are apprehending arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. Petitioner no. 1 is ready to keep the complainant as wife with full dignity and honour, hence, the accusation is not being deliberated. Considering the stand of petitioner no. 1, let the above named petitioner nos. 2 to 4 be released on anticipatory bail, in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.7603 of 2012 (2) dt.15-03-2012 2 / 2 2 two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Siwan in connection with Complaint Case No. 59 of 2011 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. So far as petitioner no. 1 above name is concerned, let he be released on provisional anticipatory bail for one year in the event of 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) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of C.J.M. Siwan in the above mentioned case subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Let the learned court below issue notice to the complainant for her appearance when the petitioner no. 1 will take the complainant to her matrimonial house to keep her as wife with full dignity and honour. The provisional bail of the petitioner no. 1 will be confirmed if the matrimonial harmony is substantially restored or if the complainant deliberately refuses to reside with the petitioner. Anil/- (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.