Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.20562 of 2012 ====================================================== Guddu Singh S/O Krishna Singh, Resident Of Binwalia, P.S.- Shikarpur, District- West Champaran. .... .... Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party PRESENT : HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.N. HUSSAIN ORDER 2. 06-06-2012. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. The petitioner is accused in Thawe P.S. Case No.176 of 2011 for offences punishable under [STATUTE] . Later on Sections 302, 411 and 414 of the Indian penal Code were added. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that neither the petitioner is named in the F.I.R. nor there is any material on record or any statement connecting the petitioner with the instant occurrence. He submits that there is only one statement in which the name of the petitioner had been taken with respect to an earlier event when the petitioner came along with the purchaser of the vehicle. He further submits that other than the said statement, there is nothing on record nor the petitioner is involved in any case except these two cases but in spite of that, he is languishing in jail since December, 2011. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.20562 of 2012 (2) dt.06-06-2012 2 In the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, this petition is allowed. Let the above named petitioner be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Gopalganj in connection with Thawe P.S.Case No.176 of 2011. ahk/- (S.N. Hussain, 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.