Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.29567 of 2012 ====================================================== Om Prakash Sharma & Anr .... .... Petitioners. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== with Criminal Miscellaneous No.30147 of 2012 ====================================================== Gautam Kumar .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 17-08-2012 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 accusations are of confining the informant being the Headmaster of the school and taking away Rs. 25,000/- in cash. It is submitted that the petitioners’ side lodged complaint against the informant and others on 15.03.2012 then the present accusation has been levelled on 19.03.2012. The statements have been made in paragraph no. 9 of both petitions that the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.29567 of 2012 (2) dt.17-08-2012 2 / 2 2 petitioners have no criminal antecedent. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the petitioners Om Prakash Sharma, Satrudhan Sharma and Gautam Kumar 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 Parasbigha P.S. Case No. 15 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. Jehanabad, 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.