Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.24086 of 2012 ====================================================== Ajay Kumar .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 18-07-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and 40(1) of the Bihar Mining Act. Seven trucks and one dumper loaded with stone chips were seized when no document was produced by the drivers of the vehicles. Petitioner was owner of one of the trucks. It is submitted that the petitioner had no knowledge about carrying of stone chips and moreover stone chips were carried with the truck of the petitioner was valid Challan. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the petitioner, above named, be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.24086 of 2012 (2) dt.18-07-2012 2 / 2 2 today in connection with Dehri (T) P.S. Case No. 131 of 2012 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned A.C.J.M., Dehri, District-Rohtas, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. U.K./- (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.