Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.35329 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Bachcha Mian @ Bachcha Babu 2. Ali Imam .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 18-09-2012 Petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . 11(A.B.C.F) of Animal Cruelty Act and 47, 48, 49, 50, 96 of Animal Transportation Act. It is alleged that petitioners were taking 31 oxen on the truck when it was suspected that animals were being taken for smuggling. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that petitioners are the bona fide purchasers of the oxen. Let learned Court below consider regular bail of the petitioners, if the petitioners surrender within a period of six weeks in connection with Chhauradano P.S. Case No. 15 of 2012, pending in the Court of learned Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Raxaul, Motihari, East Champaran. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.35329 of 2012 (2) dt.18-09-2012 2 / 2 2 With the observations above, the application stands disposed off. Let the order of this Court be transmitted through FAX to the learned Court below at the cost of the petitioners. Shageer/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 414

Statute Text:
Section 414 of the Indian Penal Code. Assisting in concealment or disposal of stolen property, knowing it to be stolen. Whoever voluntarily assists in concealing or disposing of or making away with property which he knows or has reason to believe to be stolen property, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.