Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.13021 of 2012 ====================================================== Bijay Prakash .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 02/ 17-04-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that the cheque of Rs.3,49,764/- was issued in favour of A P Auto Sales for delivery of Metador vehicle but the same was not delivered. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the cheque was issued in favour of the company and not in favour of the petitioner and the petitioner for considerable period was working outside the State, hence, he has no knowledge about the case and charge-sheet has been submitted in 2010. Without prejudiced to the interest of either Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.13021 of 2012 (2) dt.17-04-2012 2/2 side the petitioner is ready to deposit Rs.3,49,764/- before the learned court below which will be invested in some fixed deposit scheme in connection with the present case which will be subject to the result of the case. On deposit of aforesaid amount, let the above named petitioner be released on anticipatory bail in the event of his 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 thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Patna City in connection with Sultanganj P.S. Case No. 261 of 2001, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. DKS/ (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.