Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.20411 of 2012 ====================================================== Baidyanath Ojha @ Baidyanath Prasad Ojha .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 02/ 10-07-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The accusation is of taking Rs.1,83,000/- from the complainant for sending him abroad. Earlier the anticipatory bail application of the petitioner was disposed of with a direction to learned court below to consider the regular bail since the petitioner approached this Court for anticipatory bail with delay. Now the prayer has been renewed on the ground that the payment of money was made to Dr. Ramjan Ali, who has been granted anticipatory bail vide Cr. Misc. No. 668 of 2007 on 07.03.2007 Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.20411 of 2012 (2) dt.10-07-2012 2/2 and other accused Rajujee @ Iltaf Alam has been granted anticipatory bail vide Cr. Misc. No. 57260 of 2007 on 04.07.2008. This Court is not inclined to take a different view but considering the fact that others have been granted anticipatory bail, I see no reason for learned court below not to give privilege of regular bail to the petitioner if the petitioner surrenders before the learned court below within a period of six weeks from today in connection with Complaint Case No. 1407 of 2006 pending in the court of learned Judicial Magistrate, Ist Class, Saran at Chapra. It is expected from the learned court below to dispose of the regular bail application of the petitioner preferably on the same day. With the aforesaid observation, this application is disposed of. Let the order be transmitted to the learned court below through fax at the cost of the petitioner. 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.