Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.41468 of 2012 ====================================================== Deepak Singh S/O Sahdeo Singh R/O Mohalla - Thakur Market, Naykagaon, P.S. Sasaram ( T ), District – Rohtas. .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 06-12-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . Three trucks were found loaded with stone chips when forest Challans were not supplied by the driver and khalasi. It is alleged against this petitioner that the petitioner was involved in illegal mining. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner is not connected with the truck or the stone chips nor he was driver and khalasi and only he was found sitting on the truck and for the same occurrence Forest Case No. 84 of 2011 has been filed by the same informant in which anticipatory bail application of the petitioner is Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.41468 of 2012 (2) dt.06-12-2012 2 / 2 2 pending and with similar accusation, Rang Bahadur Singh has been granted anticipatory bail by the learned court below in the present case. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the petitioner, 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 Sasaram (M)P.S. Case No. 1184 of 2011 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned C.J.M. Sasaram, Rohtas, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure The bail bonds of the petitioner shall be accepted on affidavit being filed before the learned court below that the petitioner will co-operate in investigation and the said affidavit shall be transmitted by the learned court below to the concerned Investigating Officer of the present case. Non co-operation in investigation by the petitioner will give liberty to the prosecution to file an application for cancellation of bail of petitioner. 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.