Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.12018 of 2011 (3) dt.17-07-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.12018 of 2011 ====================================================== 1. Vijay Srivastava @ Vijay Kumar Srivastava S/O Late Shambhu Nath Sahay Resident Of Mohalla- Balughat, Police Station- Town, District- Muzaffarpur .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SHIVAJI PANDEY ORAL ORDER 3 17-07-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. This application has been filed for quashing the order dated 12.2.2011 passed in Town Police Station Case No.420 of 2009, Tr. No.3826 of 2010 by the Judicial Magistrate, Ist Class, Muzaffarpur by which the court below has refused to delete section 420 read with section 34 of the Indian penal Code. It appears from the record that the police on a secret information raided premises from where objectionable materials were recovered. An application was filed that no case is made out under [STATUTE] but the court below has refused to entertain the submission Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.12018 of 2011 (3) dt.17-07-2012 and rejected the petition by the impugned order recording the fact that there are sufficient materials on record for the aforesaid section. This Court does not find any error in the impugned order. Accordingly this application is dismissed. Vinay/- (Shivaji Pandey, 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.