Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.44319 of 2012 ====================================================== Shakuntala Devi .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 17-12-2012 Petitioner being own sister of the informant is apprehending her arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . Petitioner alleged to have executed the sale deed of the share of the property of the informant which he got through the gift. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that partition Suit No. 137 of 2009 and the Title Suit are pending between the parties. Considering the same, let the petitioner namely Shakuntala Devi, in the event of her arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.44319 of 2012 (2) dt.17-12-2012 2 / 2 2 Bhojpur at Ara in connection with Udwant Nagar P.S. Case No. 44 of 2012. Shageer/- (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.