Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.17246 of 2012 ====================================================== Mithu Kumar @ Mithun Kumar, son of late Ram Narayan Singh, resident of village- Goriyatoli, Station Road, P. S. Kotwali, District Patna. .... .... Petitioner Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Ashok Kumar, Adv. For the Opposite Party/s : Mrs. Anusuiya Jaiswal, Addl. P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE BIRENDRA PRASAD VERMA ORAL ORDER 2 24-04-2012 Heard. In a criminal prosecution registered under [STATUTE] , the petitioner is named in the F.I.R. as an accused and was allegedly apprehended on the spot while committing pick pocketing. It is submitted that the petitioner was running a betel shop near railway station and merely on suspicion he was apprehended by the police. Taking into consideration the fact that the petitioner is in judicial custody since 13.11.2011, the petitioner is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10, 000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Railway Judicial Magistrate, Patna in connection with G.R.P. Patna P.S. Case No. 447 of 2011, subject to conditions that : (A) One of the bailors must be government servant or close family members of the petitioner, who will file an affidavit in the court below showing his/her relationship with the petitioner, (B) if the petitioner is found involved in same and similar nature of cases in future, then in that case the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.17246 of 2012 (2) dt.24-04-2012 2 / 2 2 informant/ prosecution shall be at liberty to file a petition for cancellation of the bail of the petitioner, and if such a petition is filed, the court below would be obliged to dispose of the same in accordance with law after giving opportunity of hearing to all concerned and (C) the petitioner shall make regular pairvi in the court below in the present case either by appearing themselves in person or through representation by his lawyer on each and every dates, and if on two consecutive dates petitioner fails to make pairvi, then the court below shall be at liberty to cancel the bail bonds of the petitioner. BTiwary/- (Birendra Prasad Verma, 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.