Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.44384 of 2011 (3) dt.02-04-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.44384 of 2011 ====================================================== Emamul Hassan, S/o Sk. Suleman, resident of Village- Enarwa, P.S. Mainatard, District- West Champaran. .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. For the petitioner :- Mr. Gauri Shankar Thakur, Advocate. For the State :- Mr. Sunil Kumar Pandey, A.P.P. CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE GOPAL PRASAD ORAL ORDER 3 02-04-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Mainatard P.S. Case No. 42 of 2010 registered under [STATUTE] and Section 7 of the E.C. Act. There is serious allegation against the petitioner of committing irregularities in storage and distribution of food grains to the beneficiaries of different schemes by realising higher price and deceitfully and fraudulently taking more coupons than what is required to be taken. Under the facts and circumstances of the case, I am not inclined to grant bail to this petitioner at this stage. However, if the petitioner surrender and pray for regular bail then the court below shall dispose of the bail petition on its own merit without being prejudice by this order. m.p. (Gopal Prasad, 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.