Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.1461 of 2012 Ramakant Paswan Versus The State Of Bihar ---------------------------------- 02. 17.01.2012 Petitioner being Panchayat Secretary is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences under [STATUTE] . The accusation is of taking money from the beneficiaries of Indira Awas Yojana. Petitioner was granted bail by learned Court below on condition to deposit Rs. 20,000/-. I do not feel incline to differ with the order of learned Court below. Let learned Court below allow the petitioner to execute the bail bond within a period of six weeks with the terms and conditions as stipulated in the impugned order. With the observations above, the application stands disposed off. 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.