Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.31770 of 2012 (2) dt.27-08-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No. 31770 of 2012 ====================================================== Ramjan Ali .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE GOPAL PRASAD ORAL ORDER 2 27-08-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. This is a petition for grant of regular bail in a case under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that Rs.2,59,000/- was allocated for distribution among the persons who suffered loss of potato and onion crops but the same was not distributed properly and the money was misappropriated. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the other co- accused, namely, Md. Mukhtar Ansari has been granted anticipatory bail by this Court vide order dated 30.07.2012 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 18625 of 2012. Learned counsel for the petitioner further submits that the statement of all the beneficiaries, whose names have been mentioned in the First Information Report, have been recorded by the police under Section 161 Cr. P. C. which has been recorded in the case diary which suggests that they admitted the payment. The said contention of the petitioner was not controverted by the learned A.P.P. in that case. Hence, having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case and the fact that the petitioner is in jail since 27.06.2012, the petitioner Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.31770 of 2012 (2) dt.27-08-2012 above named is ordered to be released on bail 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, Katihar in connection with Manihari P. S. Case No. 132 of 2011. Kundan/- (Gopal Prasad, 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.