Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.9895 of 2012 (3) dt.06-07-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.9895 of 2012 ====================================================== Jitendra Kumar .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== with Criminal Miscellaneous No.10640 of 2012 ====================================================== Sonu Kumar .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 03/ 06.07.2012 Both the above stated petitions originate from Hilsa P.S. Case no. 95/2011 registered under [STATUTE] and, accordingly, both the above stated petitions are being disposed off by this common order. Petitioners are not named in the first information report and their name came in this case in course of investigation. It is contended on behalf of the petitioners that petitioners were arrested in connection with Hilsa P.S. case no. 138/2011 and after that they have been remanded in the present case and so far as present case is concerned, nothing was recovered from possession of the petitioners and petitioners have already been released on bail in Hilsa P.S. case no. 138/2011. No doubt, petitioner in Cr. Misc. no.9895/2012 carries criminal antecedent of three cases which is evident from perusal of report of S.P, Nalanda but it appears that all the aforesaid three cases Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.9895 of 2012 (3) dt.06-07-2012 were registered against the petitioner in the year 2011 and having more or less similar allegation one co-accused Sanjay Kumar has already been granted privilege of bail by another bench of this court vide order dated 29.3.2012 passed in Cr. Misc. no.6454/2012. Accordingly, petitioners, Jitendra Kumar and Sonu Kumar are directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs 10,000/-each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Addl. Chief Judicial Magistrate, Hilsa, Nalanda in Hilsa P.S. Case no. 95/2011. shahid (Hemant Kumar Srivastava,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.