Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.36516 of 2012 ====================================================== Md. Shamsher S/O Late Islam R/O Bakhtiyarpur Sahnawa, P.S.-Kotawali, Distt-Patna. .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 25-09-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The accusation is of taking Rs. 45,000/-by the petitioner from the complainant on assurance that he will return after some time but the same has not been returned. It is submitted that there is no proof with regard to payment to the petitioner and due to petty dispute, the accusation has been ventilated through the complaint. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the petitioner, above named, be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.36516 of 2012 (2) dt.25-09-2012 2 / 2 2 court below within a period of twelve weeks from today in connection with Complaint Case No. 2480(C) of 2010 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned J.M. Ist Class, Patna City, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. U.K./- (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.