Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.32931 of 2012 (2) dt.14-09-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.32931 of 2012 ====================================================== Mantu Kumar @ Shiv Kumar .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 02/ 14.09.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner is in jail custody since 22.4.2012 in a case initially, registered under [STATUTE] and later on, [STATUTE] was also added. Petitioner is not named in the first information report but in course of investigation, he was arrested and looted mobile as well as Rs 10,000/- cash were recovered from the possession of the petitioner. The contention on behalf of the petitioner is that sim was found in the seized mobile was in the name of elder brother of the petitioner. It is further contended by him that the petitioner does not have any criminal antecedent. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner, Mantu Kumar @ Shiv Kumar, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Addl. Chief Judicial Magistrate, Patnacity in Fatuha P.S. Case no. 79/2012. Shahid (Hemant Kumar Srivastava,J)

Applicable IPC Section: 395

Statute Text:
Section 395 of the Indian Penal Code. Dacoity. Whoever commits dacoity shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or with rigorous imprisonment for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.