Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.307 of 2012 Santosh Singh @ Mutur Singh Versus The State Of Bihar ---------------------------------- 2/ 19.1.2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending arrest in a case registered under [STATUTE] . The accusation is of entering into the house and committing theft. On confession of a co accused, rupees eight thousand nine hundred was recovered from the petitioner. It is submitted on behalf of the petitioner that the petitioner is a resident of village – Dhokaraha under Imadpur Police station whereas the seizure list reflects that it was prepared at Begampur and the person from whom the seizure was made is the son of one Gupteshwar Singh whereas petitioner’s father name is Bindeshwari Singh alias Badhari Singh. Statement has been made in the petition that the petitioner has no criminal antecedent. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named petitioner be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today, on furnishing the bail bond of Rs.10000/(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of C.J.M. Bhojpur at Ara in Imadpur 2 P.S. Case no. 38 of 2011 subject to the conditions as laid down under section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. Anil/ (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J.)

Applicable IPC Section: 380

Statute Text:
Section 380 of the Indian Penal Code. Theft in a building, tent or vessel. Whoever commits theft in any building, tent or vessel, which building, tent or vessel is used as a human dwelling, or used for the custody of property, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.