Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.37208 of 2011 (7) dt.16-03-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.37208 of 2011 ====================================================== Shambhu Prasad .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AKHILESH CHANDRA ORAL ORDER 7 16-03-2012 The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Complaint Case No. 374/2011 for offences under [STATUTE] and Section 138 of the Negotiable Instrument Act, pending before Chief Judicial Magistrate, Rohtas at Sasaram. There is no representation on behalf of the petitioner after waiting from pre lunch session to post lunch session. Learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State is present. Accordingly, this application stands dismissed for non-prosecution. Rajeev/- (Akhilesh Chandra, 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.