Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.1538 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Amresh Kumar 2. Mohan Kumar. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. Raj Narayan Bhagat .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 05/ 11-05-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner no. 1 is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that power tiller of the informant was given to Mohan Kumar for servicing at his brother’s agency which was given to someone else when the informant went to enquire about the same he was being manhandled. The specific accusation against the petitioner is that he manhandled the informant. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that for the occurrence of 20.03.2008 the complaint was filed on 13.08.2008 which came to be Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.1538 of 2012 (5) dt.11-05-2012 2/2 registered as police case on 10.11.2008. It is submitted by learned counsel for the informant that accused Mohan and Rakesh are brothers of this petitioner and they have cheated the informant. Considering the nature of accusation and delayed lodging of the case, let the above named petitioner no. 1 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 Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sitamarhi in connection with Sitamarhi P.S. Case No. 586 of 2008, 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.