Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No. 39982 of 2012 ====================================================== Deepak Kumar Gupta @ Totawa Son of Jagdish Prasad Gupta R/O Village Dewaria, Police Station - Aurangabad, District – Aurangabad. ... .... Petitioner Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner : Mr. For the Opposite Party : Mr. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AHSANUDDIN AMANULLAH ORAL ORDER 2. 06-11-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State. The petitioner is in custody in connection with Sasaram Rail (Dehri) P.S. Case No. 48 of 2012 registered for offence punishable under [STATUTE] . Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the only allegation in the F.I.R. is that the petitioner was caught with five mobile phones which were suspected to be stolen property. Learned counsel submits that neither has there been any case registered with regard to the theft of those mobiles nor has the same been linked to any crime. It is further submitted that the petitioner is in custody since 07.07.2012. It is submitted that though there are two other case against the petitioner but he is on bail in both of them. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.39982 of 2012 (2) dt.06-11-2012 2 / 2 2 prayer for bail and submits that the petitioner has been caught with five mobile sets and thus he cannot plead innocence and accordingly bail should not be granted to him. Upon hearing learned counsels for the parties and considering the facts and circumstances of the case, let the abovenamed petitioner be released on bail upon furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Railway Judicial Magistrate, Gaya in Sasaram Rail (Dehri) P.S. Case No. 48 of 2012. One of the bailors shall be the father of the petitioner. Both the bailor and the petitioner shall execute a bond of good behaviour and the petitioner shall also give an undertaking that he shall not indulge in any criminal activity. The petitioner shall be physically present before the Court on each and every date till the disposal of the case. Failure to do so on two consecutive dates and violation of the terms and conditions of the bonds and the undertaking shall lead to cancellation of the bail bonds of the petitioner in the present case. Anand Kr. (Ahsanuddin Amanullah, J.)

Applicable IPC Section: 414

Statute Text:
Section 414 of the Indian Penal Code. Assisting in concealment or disposal of stolen property, knowing it to be stolen. Whoever voluntarily assists in concealing or disposing of or making away with property which he knows or has reason to believe to be stolen property, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.