Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.33369 of 2012 ====================================================== Ramanand Gupta & Anr. .... .... Petitioners. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 11-09-2012 Heard the learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners being the parents of the husband of the complainant are apprehending their arrest in complaint case in which cognizance has been taken for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and 3/4 of the D. P. Act. The accusation is of torture for non- fulfillment of dowry demand. Considering the thrust of accusation against the husband of the complainant, let the petitioners Ramanand Gupta and Urmila Devi 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 Complaint Case No. 1493 of 2012 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 Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.33369 of 2012 (2) dt.11-09-2012 2 / 2 2 S.D.J.M., Siwan, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. 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.