Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.8373 of 2012 (2) dt.02-03-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.8373 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Dhirendra Singh @ Dhirendra Kumar S/O Late Suresh Singh .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 2 02-03-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner is in jail custody since 14.11.2011 in a case registered under [STATUTE] . Admittedly, nothing has been recovered from conscious possession of the petitioner and so far as Barahara P.S. Case No. 207 of 2011 is concerned, it is pointed out by learned counsel for the petitioner that the above stated case was lodged by the informant of the present case on account of business rivalry and moreover, petitioner has already been granted privilege of bail in the aforesaid case. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.8373 of 2012 (2) dt.02-03-2012 Judicial Magistrate, Bhojpur at Ara in connection with Barahara P.S. Case No. 205 of 2011. SHAHZAD/- (Hemant Kumar Srivastava, 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.