Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.291 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Umesh Paswan 2. Dinesh Paswan. 3. Mukesh Paswan 4. Uday Paswan .... .... Petitioners Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== 2 05-01-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case registered under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that the petitioner used to demand extortion from the construction work of the school from the informant who is the in-charge headmaster of the school. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that Annexure-4 reflects that on complaint being made by the petitioner against the informant FIR was lodged against the informant then the present case has been lodged. It is also submitted that the petitioners are the doners of the land of the school. The lodging of the complaint by the petitioners’ side at earlier point of time clouds the bona fide of the accusation. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named petitioners be released on anticipatory bail in the event of their arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today, on furnishing the bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Gaya in connection with Bodh Gaya P.S. Case No. 120/2011 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. Amrendra Kumar/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 379

Statute Text:
Section 379 of the Indian Penal Code. Theft. Whoever commits theft shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.