Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.31136 of 2012 ====================================================== Pashupati Singh .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== with Criminal Miscellaneous No.33869 of 2012 ====================================================== Sanjeev Kumar .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 16-10-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners being Panchayat Secretary and Panchayat Rojgar Sevak are apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The accusation is of misappropriating the money under MANREGA and BRGF schemes. During enquiry, the SDO, Bakhri found that in one of the schemes the work order was issued by Panchayat Secretary. It is submitted that order was issued by petitioner Pashupati Singh on the oral order of Panchayat Mukhia. The enquiry report reflects that rupees ninety five Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.31136 of 2012 (3) dt.16-10-2012 2/2 thousand of MANREGA scheme has been misappropriated for which Panchayat Rojgar Sevak along with Mukhia and others have been held responsible though it is submitted that out of rupees ninety five thousand work of rupees eighty one thousand was done. Let the learned court below consider the regular bail of the petitioners in case the petitioners surrender within six weeks from today in connection with Bakhari P.S. Case no. 47 of 2012 pending in the court of learned C.J.M., Begusarai. This application is disposed of with the aforesaid observation/direction. Let this order be transmitted through FAX at the cost of the petitioners. 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.