Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.25256 of 2012 (2) dt.24-07-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.25256 of 2012 ====================================================== Kundan Kumar Singh .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 24-07-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . Theft was committed in the house of the petitioner when rupees ten thousand, jewellery, clothes and mobile were stolen. Name of the petitioner sprang up during investigation. It is that the mobile was used by inserting the SIM of Aircell when no verification with regard to the mobile has been made nor the petitioner has any criminal antecedent. In view of this court, the contentions of learned counsel for the petitioner can be good grounds for consideration of regular bail of the petitioner by the learned court below in case the petitioner surrenders within six weeks from today in connection with Jamhore P.S. Case no. 95 of 2011 pending in the court of learned C.J.M., Aurangabad. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.25256 of 2012 (2) dt.24-07-2012 This application is disposed of with the aforesaid observation/direction. Let this order be transmitted through FAX at the cost of the petitioner. 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.