Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.3880 of 2012 ====================================================== Karu Kumar .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 06-02-2012 Petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences under [STATUTE] . Accusation is of committing theft of laptop mobile and cash of Rs. 20,250/-. One Putul Kumar was seen fleeing away from the place of occurrence who subsequently disclosed the name of the petitioner. It is orally submitted that petitioner has no criminal antecedent. Considering the fact that petitioner’s name only sprang up on the confession of the co-accused, let the petitioner namely Karu Kumar, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand) with Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.3880 of 2012 (2) dt.06-02-2012 2 / 2 2 two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Patna in connection with Patliputra P.S. Case No. 180 of 2011. Shageer/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 457

Statute Text:
Section 457 of the Indian Penal Code. Lurking house-trespass or house-breaking by night in order to the commission of an offence punishable with imprisonment. Whoever commits lurking house-trespass by night, or house-breaking by night in order to the committing of any offence punishable with imprisonment, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to five years, and shall also be liable to fine; and, if the offence intended to be committed is theft, the term of the imprisonment may be extended to fourteen years.