Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.17622 of 2012 ====================================================== Khushi Lal Mandal .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 6 01-11-2012 Petitioner being Headmaster is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . Accusation against the petitioner is of taking Rs. 3,60,000/- out of the total amount of Rs. 12,74,500/- when it is claimed by the petitioner that out of Rs. 3,60,000/- he made construction worth Rs. 1,16,916/- and rest Rs. 1,32,000/- and Rs. 1,10,584 have been returned which has been incorporated in paragraph Nos. 47 and 53 of the case diary. Considering the same, let the petitioner namely Khushi Lal Mandal, 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, Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.17622 of 2012 (6) dt.01-11-2012 2 / 2 2 Supaul in connection with Marouna P.S. Case No. 3 of 2011, G.R. No. 62 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.