Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.20237 of 2012 (2) dt.22-06-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.20237 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Dhaneshwar Mahton, 2. Nitish Kumar, 3. Krishna Devi Mahton alias Murli Mahton, 4. Sudhir Kumar, 5. Udgar mahton, 6. Manoj Kumar, 7. Satto Mahton, 8. Chandan Kumar .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 22-06-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners are apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and sections 3(1)(x)(xi) of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. The accusation against the petitioners is of making assault to informant’s husband, her brother, inlaws and her mother and abused by calling the caste name. It is submitted that specific accusation of assault is against Satya Narayan Mahton who is not the petitioner before this court. It is further submitted that prior to lodging of the present Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.20237 of 2012 (2) dt.22-06-2012 case, co accused Satyanarayan Mahton had lodged a case against the brother of the informant for kidnapping the minor daughter of the informant and in that background the accusation has been leveled. More over, the accusations under the sections 3(1)(x) of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act cannot be treated to have been committed in public view. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named petitioners be released on anticipatory bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of 12 weeks from today on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Begusarai in connection with Begusarai SC/ST P.S. Case No. 23 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: 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.