Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.28366 of 2012 (2) dt.09-08-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.28366 of 2012 ====================================================== Nagendra Kumar @ Nagendra Kumar Singh .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 09-08-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and sections 3(1)(8) of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. The accusation is of realizing Rs.11000 from Malti Devi, one of the beneficiaries of Indira Aawas Scheme. It is submitted that Malti Devi’s statement has been recorded in paragraph 76 of the case diary where she has denied to have given the money to the petitioner and on the basis of accusation no offence under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act is made out. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named petitioner be released on anticipatory bail in the event of 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 Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.28366 of 2012 (2) dt.09-08-2012 thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Samastipur in connection with Mohadinagar P.S. Case No. 170 of 2011 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Anil/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 419

Statute Text:
Section 419 of the Indian Penal Code. Cheating by personation. Whoever cheats by personation shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.