Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.29534 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Rajdarshi 2. Uday Kumar Sarshwati .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== with Criminal Miscellaneous No.31010 of 2012 ====================================================== Dharmavir .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 17-08-2012 Petitioners being panchayat technical assistant, junior engineer and panchayat sewak are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . Accusation is of misappropriating fund to the tune of Rs. 37,778/- for execution of the Scheme No. 03/11-12 at village Ahmadi. It is submitted by learned senior counsel for the petitioners that the inspection report brought on record as Annexure-3 reflects that there was no discrepancy between the measurement book and the actual work being done. Considering the nature of accusation being irregularity only, let the petitioners, above named, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the Court below within a Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.29534 of 2012 (2) dt.17-08-2012 2 / 2 2 period of 12 weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Nawada in connection with Hasua P.S. Case No. 81 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.