Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.14507 of 2012 ====================================================== Dhananjay Kumar Deo @ Raj Kumar Deo .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 02/ 23-04-2012 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] , 27 of the Arms Act and 3(1) (x) of SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. It is alleged that in order to grab the Makhana crop of the informant 10-15 persons including the petitioner started firing when none received any injury. It is alleged that 144 Cr.P.C. was initiated at the behest of the informant earlier when notices were issued against the petitioner. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the accusation has been levelled in the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.14507 of 2012 (2) dt.23-04-2012 2/2 background of serious land dispute and there is no specific accusation under 3(1) (x) of SC/ST Act. Since this case was registered in 2005, this Court is not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner but considering the accusation in the background of serious land dispute it is a fit case for regular bail if the petitioner surrenders before the learned court below before the learned court below within a period of six weeks from today in connection with Bihra P.S. Case No. 96 of 2005 pending in the court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Saharsa. With the aforesaid observation, this application is disposed of. Let the order be transmitted to the learned court below through fax at the cost of the petitioner. DKS/ (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.