Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.8656 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Shambhu Prasad Sah 2. Prashant Kumar .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 27-03-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioners are apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . 70 quintals of paddy loaded on a tractor were recovered when it was suspected that it was being carried to Nepal for the purposes of smuggling. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that petitioner no.1 is the owner of the tractor and petitioner no.2, who happens to be the brother-in-law of petitioner no.1, is the driver of the tractor when they were carrying his own paddy for being sold in the market. It is further submitted that only on mere suspicion the accusation has been leveled. Considering the nature of accusation, let the above named petitioners be released on anticipatory bail, in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.8656 of 2012 (2) dt.27-03-2012 2/2 of 12 weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bettiah, West Champaran in connection with Purushottampur P.S. Case No. 25 of 2011, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Amrendra/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 414

Statute Text:
Section 414 of the Indian Penal Code. Assisting in concealment or disposal of stolen property, knowing it to be stolen. Whoever voluntarily assists in concealing or disposing of or making away with property which he knows or has reason to believe to be stolen property, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.