Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.39519 of 2012 ====================================================== Asakandh Singh @ Askandh Kumar Singh .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 17-10-2012 Petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . and Sections 135/138 of the Electricity Act. Accusation is of consumption of unauthorized electricity energy by the reliance mobile tower situated in the premises of the petitioner and thereby causing loss to the tune of Rs. 8,14,117/-. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that under agreement the land was leased out to the reliance for installation of tower and when this fact was intimated to the authorities after registration of the F.I.R. on 28.12.2012 then the authorities transmitted notice to the reliance communication vide letter No. 170 dated 29.12.2011 and thereafter the reliance communication deposited Rs. 1,67,082/- to the electricity department. The receipt of Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.39519 of 2012 (2) dt.17-10-2012 2 / 2 2 payment has been brought on record as Annexure-7 when the electricity department restarted electricity connection on 11.04.2012. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the petitioner namely Asakandh Singh @ Askandh Kumar Singh, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Katihar in connection with Kadwa P.S. Case No. 258 of 2011. Shageer/- (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.