Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.4661 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Isharwati Devi W/O Laxmi Sah R/Village- Suhai, P.S.- Dumra, District- Sitamarhi 2. Gautam Sah S/O Late Dhanipat Sah R/Village- Parmanandpur, P.S.- Dumra, District- Sitamarhi. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Sudhir Kumar Jha, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. S.N. Shukla, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 02/ 14.02.2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken for the offence punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that petitioner no. 1 sold four kathas of land in the year 1982 in favour of the complainant, but subsequently the same has been sold in faovur of petitioner no. 2 on 03.11.2010. Petitioner no. 1 is cousin sister of the complainant and petitioner no. 2 is the nephew of the complainant. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.4661 of 2012 (2) dt.14-02-2012 2/2 Considering the accusation arising out of a civil dispute and the relationship between the parties, let the above named petitioners be released on anticipatory bail in the event of their 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) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Sub-divisional Judicial Magistrate, Sitamarhi in connection with Complaint Case No. C1-1809 of 2010, 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.