Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.5659 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Azizul Haque 2. Ansarul Haque @ Saddam .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 28-02-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioners are languishing in custody since 15.10.2011 in a case registered under [STATUTE] . Hero Honda motorcycle was stolen from the house of the informant which was subsequently recovered from the possession of the petitioners when [STATUTE] was also added. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that the petitioners have no criminal antecedent and the investigation is complete. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named petitioners be released on bail, on furnishing the bail bond of Rs. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.5659 of 2012 (2) dt.28-02-2012 2 / 2 2 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kishanganj in connection with Bahadurganj P.S. Case No. 122 of 2011. Amrendra/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 457

Statute Text:
Section 457 of the Indian Penal Code. Lurking house-trespass or house-breaking by night in order to the commission of an offence punishable with imprisonment. Whoever commits lurking house-trespass by night, or house-breaking by night in order to the committing of any offence punishable with imprisonment, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to five years, and shall also be liable to fine; and, if the offence intended to be committed is theft, the term of the imprisonment may be extended to fourteen years.