Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.17070 of 2012 ====================================================== Bipin Paswan .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 02/ 09-05-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that on public publication that one teacher of the school while taking the rice of the mid-day meal was caught by the villagers and he fled away leaving bicycle when 15 kgs. of rice was recovered from a plastic bag. The petitioner was not named in the FIR. The name of the petitioner surfaced on verification of the stock of the grains since the petitioner was Incharge Headmaster of the school. Considering the fact that thrust of accusation is against FIR named accused, let the above named petitioner Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.17070 of 2012 (2) dt.09-05-2012 2/2 be released on anticipatory bail in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sheikhpura in connection with Ariari (Kasar) P.S. Case No. 118 of 2011, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. DKS/ (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J.) .

Applicable IPC Section: 381

Statute Text:
Section 381 of the Indian Penal Code. Theft by clerk or servant of property in possession of master or employer. Whoever, being a clerk or servant, or being employed in the capacity of a clerk or servant, commits theft in respect of any property in the possession of his master or employer, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.