Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.42373 of 2012 ====================================================== Santosh Yadav, Son of Anik Yadav. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AKHILESH CHANDRA ORAL ORDER 2 10-12-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. The petitioner, who is languishing in custody, seeks bail in a case registered under [STATUTE] and 25(1-b)A/26 of the Arms Act, is one of the named accused in this case on being apprehended from roof of the house and during police raid from his possession one country made pistol and from the bed, wherein he was sleeping, another was recovered besides two motorcycles from the campus. Submission is of false implication at the instance of owner of the house, namely, Sita Ram Das, who not only owned the house, but also in possession thereof and petitioner has no concern either with the house or the articles recovered. Further, petitioner carries no criminal antecedent except three criminal cases against him, wherein, in one he has already been acquitted; in another he is on bail and in third he has been roped only after institution of this case. If it is so, subject to filing duly verified petition supported with personal affidavit regarding the assertions made as regard to ownership and possession of the house in question, the petitioner above named is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rs. Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.42373 of 2012 (2) dt.10-12-2012 2 learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Munger in connection with Kasim Bazar P.S. Case No. 97 of 2012 (G.R. No. 930/2012), subject to condition to remain physically present before the court below on each and every date till disposal of the case and in case of failure on two consecutive dates without giving any reasonable explanation, the privilege granted shall be deemed to be cancelled. Praveen-II/- (Akhilesh Chandra, 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.