Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.16596 of 2012 (3) dt.20-07-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.16596 of 2012 ====================================================== Santosh Paswan @ Santosh Kumar Paswan, son of Late Ganesh Paswan .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AKHILESH CHANDRA ORAL ORDER 3 20-07-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State who is armed with carbon copy of the case diary. This application has been filed for the grant of regular bail to the petitioner who has been made an accused in connection with Barsoi P.S. Case No. 33/2012 pending before Chief Judicial Magistrate, Katihar, for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The petitioner is one of the named accused in this case with allegation of snatching Tharessure etc. of the informant by presenting as police personnel intercepted to be examined papers etc. and subsequently deprived, the snatched article has also been recovered from possession of driver of the petitioner. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, for the present, prayer of regular bail of the petitioner is hereby rejected. Simultaneously, court below is directed to proceed expeditiously and preferably conclude the trial within nine months custody of the petitioner. Rajeev/- (Akhilesh Chandra, J.)

Applicable IPC Section: 392

Statute Text:
Section 392 of the Indian Penal Code. Robbery. Whoever commits robbery shall be punished with rigorous imprisonment for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine; and, if the robbery be committed on the highway between sunset and sunrise, the imprisonment may be extended to fourteen years.