Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.6916 of 2012 (2) dt.14-03-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.6916 of 2012 ====================================================== Gupteshwar Singh .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 14-03-2012 Petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . On confidential information that a vehicle having Registration No. UP 65L 5555 carrying ganja in the boxes kept in the chassis of the vehicle, police conducted raid. Though no ganja was recovered but different owner books and registration numbers of same chassis number and engine number were recovered. The truck in question was registered in the name of Dinesh Rai having registration number 65 LL 5555 but the owner book of the same chassis and engine number having another registration number being WB 41 9884 in the name of Purushottam Sah was also recovered when it is alleged that the accused persons including the petitioner used to transport ganja by changing its registration number. It is submitted by learned senior counsel for the petitioner that the vehicle in question was initially registered in 1997 in the name of Dinesh Rai from whom the petitioner Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.6916 of 2012 (2) dt.14-03-2012 purchased in 2009 and subsequently the petitioner sold the vehicle to one Satyendra Tiwary. Hence even assuming that the registration number was forged then the vendor of the petitioner Dinesh Rai is to be blamed since the vehicle was registered in his name since 1997 and petitioner is a bona fide purchaser It is further submitted that without verification from the transport office with regard to the present correct registration of the vehicle in question, the petitioner has been roped in when on the date of seizure the vehicle was in possession of Satyendra Tiwary. A statement has been made in para 13 of the petition that petitioner has no criminal antecedent. Considering the nature of accusation, let the petitioner namely Gupteshwar Singh, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail 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, Bhojpur at Arrah in connection with Arrah(M) P.S. Case No. 186 of 2011. The bail bond of the petitioner will be accepted on affidavit being filed that he will cooperate in the investigation. Non-cooperation by the petitioner will give liberty to the prosecution to file appropriate application for cancellation of Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.6916 of 2012 (2) dt.14-03-2012 bail of the petitioner. Let the aforesaid affidavit be transmitted to the concerned I.O. by learned Court below. 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.