Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.23028 of 2012 (3) dt.31-07-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No. 23028 of 2012 ====================================================== Ramesh Pandit .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE GOPAL PRASAD ORAL ORDER 3 31-07-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. This is a petition for grant of regular bail in a case under [STATUTE] with regard to the dacoity. The First Information Report is against unknown. However, this petitioner was identified by the Bank Manager and Peon of the Bank in the Test Identification Parade as apparent from paragraph 47 of the case diary. However, there is specific mention in paragraph 37 of the case diary that after the arrest of the petitioner from his house he was taken to the Bank and there he was identified by the Bank Manager and Peon of the Bank and hence the sanctity of the Test Identification Parade has not been maintained. Moreover, there is no recovery from the possession of the petitioner and the petitioner is in jail since Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.23028 of 2012 (3) dt.31-07-2012 21.11.2011. Hence, having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, the petitioner above named is ordered to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Gaya in connection with Atri P. S. Case No. 157 of 2011, subject to the condition that the petitioner shall file Hazari in the nearest police station once in a fortnight and further subject to the condition that the petitioner shall appear in the case on each and every date fixed by the court below and any absence of the petitioner shall be subject to the satisfaction of the court below on reasonable grounds. Kundan/- (Gopal Prasad, J.)

Applicable IPC Section: 395

Statute Text:
Section 395 of the Indian Penal Code. Dacoity. Whoever commits dacoity shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or with rigorous imprisonment for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.