Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.22162 of 2012 (3) dt.07-08-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.22162 of 2012 ====================================================== Amit Kumar Jaiswal .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 07-08-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 20 and 22 of the NDPS Act. 20 Kgs ganja was recovered from the Hero Honda motorcycle when the driver of the motorcycle fled away. From the documents recovered from the motorcycle, it was found that the motorcycle was registered in the name of this petitioner. It is submitted that on 11.9.2011 the petitioner got registered a case at 11.15 A.M. under [STATUTE] levelling accusation of theft of his motorcycle when the present case was registered on 12.9.2011 at 3.30 PM. Statement has been made Statement has been made in paragraph 11 of the petition that the petitioner has no criminal antecedent. This contention of learned counsel for the petitioner is not controverted by the learned counsel for the state after going through the case diary. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.22162 of 2012 (3) dt.07-08-2012 Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named petitioner 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) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Muzaffarpur in connection with Kazimohammadpur P.S. Case No. 216 of 2011 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. The bail bond of the petitioner will be accepted on filing of an affidavit by the petitioner before the learned court below that he will regularly cooperate with the investigation. The said affidavit will be transmitted by the learned court below to the concerned I.O. Non cooperation by the petitioner will give liberty to the learned court below to cancel the bail bond of the petitioner. 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.