Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.36878 of 2012 ====================================================== Md. Sharfe Alam Siddiqui @ Sarfe Alam Sadqui S/O Late Md. Izharul Haque Resident Of Amir Khusro Nagar, Near Railway Gumti No. 100, Police Station Mithan Pura, District Muzaffarpur, At Present R/O Manjia, District Vaishali. .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 27-09-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that jamabandi was created with regard to the land in favour of the complainant in Bataidari Case No. 223 of 1986-87 when the petitioner sold the land to one Kukur Paswan for consideration money and when the complainant went to plough the land, purchaser made assault. Considering the nature of accusation arising out of civil dispute between the parties, let the petitioner, above named, be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.36878 of 2012 (2) dt.27-09-2012 2 / 2 2 court below within a period of twelve weeks from today in connection with C.R. No. 499 of 2011 corresponding to T.R. No. 2256 of 2012 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned A.C.J.M. Jhanjharpur, Madhubani, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. U.K./- (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.