Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.38841 of 2011 (3) dt.18-01-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.38841 of 2011 ====================================================== Satendra Ojha, son of Girja Ojha, resident of village Newari, P.S. Agiaon Bazar, District-Bhojpur .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== 3 18-01-2012 Heard learned counsel for the parties. The petitioner is in custody in connection with Agiaon Bazar P.S. Case No. 35 of 2010 for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The allegation against the petitioner is of securing appointment of a Panchayat Teacher on the basis of forged marksheets. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that even when the said aspect is yet to be determined in regularly constituted departmental proceeding, the petitioner has been arrested on the basis of the complaint made by a private individual which was subsequently registered as an F.I.R. Regard being had to the submissions of learned counsel for the petitioner, let the petitioner namely, Satendra Ojha be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bhojpur, Ara in connection with Agiaon Bazar P.S. Case No. 35 of 2010. Bibhash (Jyoti Saran, 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.