Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.14672 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Dasai Mahto 2. Maheshwar Mahto @ Makeshwar Mahto. 3. Hare Krishna Mahto. 4. Udai Kumar Mahto. 5. Shivjee Mahto. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 24-04-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioners are apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged by the informant that he purchased some land from Umesh Das but subsequently he came to know that Umesh Das sold the land to petitioner no.1 Dasai Mahto and when informant and his wife went to make enquiry petitioner no.3 and 4 made assault to them whereas petitioner no.2 and 5 are the witnesses to the sale deed executed in favour of petitioner no.1. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that petitioner no.1 had purchased different land and no injury has been caused to the informant and his wife. Considering the accusation arising out of civil dispute Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.14672 of 2012 (2) dt.24-04-2012 2/2 between the parties, let the above named petitioners 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) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Samastipur in connection with Kalyanpur P.S. Case No. 31 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.