Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.18095 of 2012 ====================================================== Md. Azam Ali @ Jangli @ Md. Jangu .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 15-05-2012 Petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that petitioner was caught with the motorcycle of the informant but subsequently, he escaped from the police custody. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that initially in a case under [STATUTE] . the petitioner was granted anticipatory bail on the ground that informant has retracted from the accusation as alleged against the petitioner when this petitioner was apprehended by the police under misconception. It is further submitted that petitioner was never been involved in similar nature of accusation and all other accused persons including the petitioner were granted anticipatory bail in the initial case and Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.18095 of 2012 (2) dt.15-05-2012 2 / 2 2 in that case also the other accused persons who are alleged to have rescued the petitioner from the police custody have been granted bail. It is also submitted that even assuming the accusation against the petitioner, in the present case, the same is bailable. Considering the aforesaid submissions, it is a fit case for regular bail, if the petitioner surrenders within a period of six weeks in connection with Kotwali P.S. Case No. 163 of 2010, pending in the Court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Munger. With the observations above, the application stands disposed off. Let the order of this Court be transmitted through FAX to the learned Court below at the cost of the petitioner. Shageer/- (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.