Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.22298 of 2012 ====================================================== Shadia Ashraf .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 26-06-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending her arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and 447(G) of the Bihar Municipal Act. The accusation is of making false declaration in the Municipal Election. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that under some bonafide mistake declarations were not made proper. Considering the nature of accusation and the fact that the petitioner is a lady, let the petitioner, above named, be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today in connection with Araria P.S. Case No. 170 of 2012 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(Ten Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.22298 of 2012 (2) dt.26-06-2012 2 / 2 2 Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned C.J.M. Araria, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The bail bond of the petitioner will be accepted on affidavit being filed by the petitioner before the learned court below that the petitioner shall co-operate in investigation regularly and the said affidavit be transmitted to the Investigating Officer of the present case by the learned court below and if the petitioner shall not co-operate in investigation then the prosecution shall be liberty to file cancellation of bail of petitioner. U.K./- (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.