Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.32347 of 2012 (2) dt.05-09-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.32347 of 2012 ====================================================== Shahzad Ansari @ Shahzad Alam .... .... Petitioner/s Versus State Of Bihar & Anr .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 05-09-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken under [STATUTE] and section 138 of NI Act. It is alleged that the complainant paid Rs.75000 for getting employment abroad but neither the employment was provided nor money was returned. Cheque of Rs.2000 (Annexure 3) was issued which got bounced. It is submitted that the cheque as contained in Annexure 3 suggests that it was issued by the brother of the petitioner. Statement has been made in paragraph 5 of the petition that the petitioner has no criminal antecedent. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named petitioner be released on anticipatory bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of twelve weeks from today on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.32347 of 2012 (2) dt.05-09-2012 thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned CJM, Gopalganj in connection with complaint case no. 2167 of 2008 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Anil/- (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.