Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.26765 of 2012 ====================================================== Md. Zuber Alam .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 01-08-2012 Petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged by the Junior Engineer of Katihar block that in pursuance to the Scheme No. 57/2009/10 for construction of PCC road from the house of Arjun Paswan to Satsang Mandir the informant appointed the petitioner as executing agent and handed over a cheque of Rs. 2,80,000/-. After transfer the informant was directed to submit the completion work, adjustment of advance payment when informant asked the petitioner about submission of the aforesaid documents then it was found that petitioner has not completed the work. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the advance was given to the informant which Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.26765 of 2012 (2) dt.01-08-2012 2 / 2 2 gets reflected from Memo No. 88 dated 29.03.2010 as contained in Annexure-2 series and when the work was not completed then the informant was directed by the Assistant Engineer vide letter No. 665 dated 14.11.2011 to return the advance money with 12% interest. It is further submitted that money was returned by the informant on 23.12.2011. The said letter is also part of the Annexure-2 series. It is also submitted that there is no proof with regard to the money paid to the petitioner and subsequently the alleged work was allocated to some other engineer. Considering the same, let the petitioner namely Md. Zuber Alam, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail 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, Katihar in connection with Katihar(Mufassil) P.S. Case No. 24 of 2012, G.R. No. 709 of 2012. Shageer/- (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.