Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.17429 of 2012 ====================================================== Arun Kumar @ Anil Kumar & Anr. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 10-05-2012 Petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken under [STATUTE] . It is alleged against the petitioners that petitioner No. 1 impersonating himself to be as Binod Kumar @ Anil Kumar executed sale deed of the land of the complainant in favour of his wife being petitioner No. 2. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that actually the land was purchased by the father in the name of the petitioner whose alias name is Anil Kumar and petitioner is own brother of the complainant. Considering the accusation arising out of civil nature of dispute, let the petitioners namely 1. Arun Kumar @ Anil Kumar 2. Smt. Anjali Devi, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of 12 weeks Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.17429 of 2012 (2) dt.10-05-2012 2 / 2 2 from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Patna in connection with Complaint Case No. 1771(C ) of 2011. Shageer/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 420

Statute Text:
Section 420 of the Indian Penal Code. Cheating and there by dishonestly inducing delivery of property, or the making, alteration or destruction of a valuable security. Whoever cheats and thereby dishonestly induces the person deceived to deliver any property to any person, or to make, alter or destroy the whole or any part of a valuable security, or anything which is signed or sealed, and which is capable of being converted into a valuable security, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.