Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.18543 of 2012 ====================================================== Kaleshwar Rajak .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 18-05-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner being the Panchayat secretary is apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that the solar light were purchased at the rate of Rs. 46,000/- per piece against the prescribed rate of Rs. 31,492/-. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the prescribed rate for purchase has been given of the year 2007 when the purchase was actually made in the year 2006 and other accused Parvati Devi has been granted anticipatory bail vide Cr. Misc. No. 8242 of 2012. 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 12 weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.18543 of 2012 (2) dt.18-05-2012 2/2 thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Begusarai in connection with Sahebpur Kamal P.S. Case No. 199 of 2011, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Amrendra/- (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.