Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.2724 of 2012 ====================================================== Awadh Kishor Gupta .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH) 2 31-01-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner, complainant and the State. Petitioner being brother-in-law of the complainant is apprehending his arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken under [STATUTE] . It is alleged against the petitioner that he took Rs. 40,000/- for opening the account, but neither the bank account was opened nor money was returned. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that certain amount were advanced by the petitioner to the complainant and when the complainant issued cheque for repayment of the amount it got bounced when legal notices were sent by the petitioner and thereafter the present complaint has been filed. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.2724 of 2012 (2) dt.31-01-2012 2 / 2 2 Considering the fact that petitioner served legal notice prior in time, let the petitioner namely Awadh Kishor Gupta, 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, Gaya in connection with Complaint Case No. 2139 of 2010. Shageer/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J.)

Applicable IPC Section: 417

Statute Text:
Section 417 of the Indian Penal Code. Cheating. Whoever cheats shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine, or with both.