Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.42991 of 2012 ====================================================== Jitendra Kumar Singh @ Jitendra Rai @ Jhagralu Rai S/O Ajay Rai Resident Of Village- Chilhari, P.S.- Dumraon, District- Buxar. .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 17-12-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The accusation against the petitioner is of snatching the register meant for entering for distribution of seeds subsidiaries. Let the learned court below consider regular bail of the petitioner if he surrenders within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of copy of this order in connection with Dumraon P.S. Case No.258 of 2012 pending in the court of the learned C.J.M. Buxar. With this observation, the application is disposed off. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.42991 of 2012 (2) dt.17-12-2012 2 / 2 2 Let the order be faxed to the learned court below at the cost of the petitioner. U.K./- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 427

Statute Text:
Section 427 of the Indian Penal Code. Mischief, and thereby causing damage to the amount of 50 rupees or upwards. Whoever commits mischief and thereby causes loss or damage to the amount of fifty rupees or upwards, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.