Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.33419 of 2012 ====================================================== Dinkar Pandey .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 11-09-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The accusation is of giving Rs. 1,16,000/- for transfer of land by the petitioner in favour of the informant but the petitioner made his escape from the Registry Office. It is submitted that agreement was made for sale of 01 Katha of land but in the sale deed, 03 Kathas of land were incorporated fraudulently by the informant hence the sale deed was not executed. Considering the accusation arising out of civil dispute between the parties, 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.33419 of 2012 (2) dt.11-09-2012 2 / 2 2 court below within a period of twelve weeks from today in connection with Kalyanpur P.S. Case No. 155 of 2011 arising out of Complaint Case No. 2673 of 2011 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned C.J.M. Motihari, 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.