Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.20327 of 2012 ====================================================== Ishwar Dayal Paswan .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 22-06-2012 Petitioner being performing duty of counting assistant in the panchayat election is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged by the informant that petitioner and others deliberately mis-calculated the votes in the panchayat election. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that there was a bona fide error in the counting process and the specific accusation was lodged against the counting supervisor Ramjee Prasad who has been granted anticipatory bail vide Cr. Misc. No. 24828 of 2011 and after perusing the case diary, other accused persons have also been granted anticipatory bail vide Cr. Misc. No 21871 of 2011. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the petitioner Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.20327 of 2012 (2) dt.22-06-2012 2 / 2 2 namely Ishwar Dayal Paswan, 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, Jehanabad in connection with Kako P.S. Case No. 104 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.