Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.29649 of 2012 (2) dt.13-08-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.29649 of 2012 ====================================================== Budhu Rai @ Budhan Rai .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 02/ 13.08.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Earlier petitioner was on bail but he misused his privilege of bail resulting cancellation of his bail bonds on 14.2.2005 and after that petitioner was arrested and remanded in the case on 27.2.2012 and since then he is languishing in jail custody. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner being labourer had gone outside the State and, as a matter of fact, when he returned to his home, he was arrested by the police and moreover, petitioner has been made accused in a case in which except [STATUTE] , almost all sections are bailable in nature. Considering the above stated facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner, Budhu Rai @ Budhan Rai, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Sub divisional Judicial Magistrate, West, Muzaffarpur in Kathaiya P.S. Case no. 20/1997 corresponding to GR no. 165/1997, trial no. 65/2012 subject to the condition that petitioner shall attend the learned trial court in person on each and every date for the period of nine months or till conclusion of his trial whichever is earlier and if Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.29649 of 2012 (2) dt.13-08-2012 he fails to do so on two consecutive dates without any reasonable explanation, the learned trial court shall be at liberty to cancel the bail bonds of the petitioner. It goes without saying that learned trial court shall take all possible steps to conclude the trial of the petitioner within the above stated period of nine months. shahid (Hemant Kumar Srivastava,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.