Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.11251 of 2012 ====================================================== Ajit Kumar .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 05-04-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in complaint case in which cognizance has been taken for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged against the petitioner that he took gold bangles worth Rs. 3,000/- whereas co- accused Mukesh Kumar took the mobile and cash Rs. 1500 from the pocket of the complainant. It is also alleged that the petitioner and co-accused Nawal also tried to outrage the modesty of complainant’s wife. It is submitted that for occurrence of 22.04.2011 complaint was filed on 25.04.2011 when Mukesh Kumar was granted bail by the learned court below disbelieving the part of accusation since Mukesh Kumar was admitted in the hospital on the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.11251 of 2012 (2) dt.05-04-2012 2 / 2 2 alleged date of occurrence. 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 Complaint Case No. 1113 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 J.M.Ist Class, Patna, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. 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.