Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.24415 of 2012 (2) dt.02-08-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.24415 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Kedar Ram, 2. Dharmendra Ram, 3. Nagendra Ram .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 02-08-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners are apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The accusation is of committing theft in the house of the informant. It is submitted that due to some petty dispute the accusation has been levelled when no recovery has been made. Supplementary affidavit has been filed stating that the petitioners have no criminal antecedent. 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 twelve weeks from today on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.24415 of 2012 (2) dt.02-08-2012 satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jehanabad in connection with Mahendia P.S. Case No. 15 of 2012 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Anil/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 457

Statute Text:
Section 457 of the Indian Penal Code. Lurking house-trespass or house-breaking by night in order to the commission of an offence punishable with imprisonment. Whoever commits lurking house-trespass by night, or house-breaking by night in order to the committing of any offence punishable with imprisonment, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to five years, and shall also be liable to fine; and, if the offence intended to be committed is theft, the term of the imprisonment may be extended to fourteen years.