Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.10185 of 2012 ====================================================== Khedan Chouhan @ Tanman @ Khedan .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 02/ 30-03-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner, the State and the informant. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged by the informant that his father died in harness 35 years ago when the informant’s mother is 90-90 years but on 02.07.2011 the post office told that the pension cannot be given to the mother of the informant since this petitioner is working in his place. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the accusation is absurd. The petitioner is working in place of the father of the informant appears to be unreasonable. It is submitted by learned counsel for the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.10185 of 2012 (2) dt.30-03-2012 2/2 informant that the police has informed the railway authorities also. Without examining the terms of the appointment of the petitioner by the railway prima facie it is difficult to rely on the accusation. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named petitioner be released on anticipatory bail in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today, 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, Buxar in connection with Buxar (Ind.) P.S. Case No. 67 of 2011, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. DKS/ (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.