IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.32713 of 2008 PAWAN KUMAR SON OF BHARAT PRASAD, RESIDENT OF VILLAGE- CHIRAYA BAZAR, P.S.- CHIRAYA, DISTRICT- EAST CHAMPARAN Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 2 15.10.2008 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. Petitioner is an accused for the offence under section 414 of the Indian Penal Code. It has been submitted on behalf of the petitioner that the petitioner is alleged to be the owner of the rice in question. It is further submitted that the rice in question did not belong to the petitioner, and as a matter of fact, the same belonged to several persons in small quantity. Besides the above, it is submitted that no case of theft of the alleged rice has been registered, and as such, the question of keeping the stolen property does not arise. Learned Addl. P.P. appearing for the State is not in position to refute the above submissions. Having considered the submissions, as noticed above, and in the facts and circumstances of the case, it is directed that in the event of arrest or surrender within a period of four weeks from today, the petitioner, namely, Pawan Kumar be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of - 2 - the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Sikrahana at Motihari, East Champaran, in connection with Ghorasahan (Jharokhar) P.S.Case No. 79 of 2008 subject to the conditions as laid down under section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Manish/- ( Shailesh Kumar Sinha,J.)