Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.23643 of 2012 (2) dt.13-09-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No. 23643 of 2012 =================================================== Umesh Kumar Singh, S/o Sri Chotu Singh, Resident of Village- Ismail (Balwapur) P.S.-Tekari, Dist.-Gaya. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State of Bihar. 2. Dr. Vinay Kumar, S/o Sri Arjun Prasad, Resident of Village- Salempur, P.S.-Tekari, Distt.-Gaya. .... .... Opposite Party/s =================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. ANJANA PRAKASH ORAL ORDER 02. 13.09.2012 The Petitioner seeks quashing of Tekari P.S. Case No. 52 of 2011 on the ground that no offence under [STATUTE] is made out in the facts of the case. Considering that the case is still at the stage of investigation, I am not inclined to interfere in the matter. The application is disposed off with liberty to the Petitioner to appear before the Investigating Officer to place all these facts before him who shall expedite the investigation and proceed in accordance with law and thereafter close the investigation preferably within a period of three months from the date of receipt of this order if he has not done so already. Let this order be communicated to the S.P. Gaya through FAX at the cost of the Petitioner for its onward transmission to the Investigating Officer in connection with Tekari P. S. Case No. 52 of 2011. With the aforesaid observation, the application is disposed off. Vikash/- (Anjana Prakash, 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.