Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.41739 of 2012 ====================================================== Anand Kumar @ Anand Kumar Singh .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 05-12-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken under [STATUTE] and Section 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. It is alleged that the complainant negotiated the marriage of his sister with the petitioner when the date of marriage was fixed and Rs. 1 lac was given but subsequently petitioner started demand of motorcycle and gold chain as a result of which the marriage could not be performed. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the money was given to Nand Kishore Singh and Birendra Singh when the petitioner is still ready for the marriage when since the petitioner is disabled to the extent of 30% hence it was the informant who refused to negotiate the marriage. A statement has been in para 10 of the petition that the petitioner has no criminal antecedent. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.41739 of 2012 (2) dt.05-12-2012 2/2 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 thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bhojpur, Ara in connection with Complaint Case No. 1256C of 2010, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Amrendra/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 417

Statute Text:
Section 417 of the Indian Penal Code. Cheating. Whoever cheats shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine, or with both.