Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.18800 of 2012 ====================================================== Mukesh Kumar .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar & Anr .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 19-07-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner, complainant and the State. Petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . and Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. Accusation is of torture, for non-fulfilment of dowry demand. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that Cheria Bariarpur P.S. Case No. 136 of 2010 was registered at the behest of the father of the petitioner for kidnapping of his son for marriage purposes on 27.09.2010, when the present complaint has been filed in 2011. It is further submitted that the case lodged by the father of the petitioner, the father and brother of the complainant has been charge- Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.18800 of 2012 (3) dt.19-07-2012 2 / 2 2 sheeted. Considering the same, let the petitioner namely Mukesh 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 two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned S.D.J.M., Begusarai in connection with Complaint Case No. 217(C ) of 2011. Shageer/- (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.