Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.9335 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Prakash Bharti S/O Sri Suresh Prasad Gupta Resident Of Village/ Mohalla- Paliganj, Police Station- Paliganj, District- Patna (Former Junior Engineer) 2. Rakesh Kumar S/O Sri Kashi Nath Prasad Resident Of Village /Mohalla- Anandpuri (West Boring Canal Road), Police Station- Sri Krishnapuri, District- Patna (Former Assistant Engineer) .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. Deepak Kumar Sharma S/O Sri Hridya Narayan Sharma Resident Of Village/ Mohalla- Bari Bazar Munger, P.S- Kotwali, District- Munger, At Present Programme Officer, Block- Suyagarha, P.S- Suryagarha, District- Lakhisarai. .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. D.K. Tiwary, Adv. For the State : Mr. Kr. B. Narayan, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. ANJANA PRAKASH ORAL ORDER 2. 13-07-2012 Heard learned counsel for the Petitioners and the State. The Petitioners seek quashing of the First Information Report of Piri Bazar P.S. Case No. 65 of 2010 dated 21.12.2010 instituted for the offences under [STATUTE] . Since the case is still at the stage of investigation, I am not inclined to interfere in the matter. The application is disposed off with a direction to the Investigating Officer to file a Closure Report within a period Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.9335 of 2012 (2) dt.13-07-2012 2 / 2 2 of four months from the date of receipt of this order. Let this order be communicated to the Superintendent of Police, Lakhisarai, in connection with Piri Bazar P.S. Case No. 65 of 2010 through FAX at the cost of the Petitioners. S.Ali (Anjana Prakash, 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.