Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.41593 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Pradeep Kumar 2. Amar Nath Singh. 3. Awadhesh Kumar Singh @ Awadhesh Kumar. 4. Md. Taiyab Hussain. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 13-12-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners being the Panchayat Secretary, In-charge Circle Officer, Revenue Karamchari and Circle Officer are apprehending arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken under [STATUTE] . The petitioners and others are alleged to have taken Rs. 4,200/- which was allocated to the informant for constructing the house. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that in fact no such withdrawal has been made and considering the fact that the name of the complainant was not in the beneficiary list, Panchayat Mukhiya and Block Development Officer have been granted anticipatory bail by learned court below. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.41593 of 2012 (3) dt.13-12-2012 2/2 petitioners be released on anticipatory bail, in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period 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, Araria in connection with Complaint Case No. 2191 of 2010, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Amrendra/- (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.