Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.48534 of 2012 ====================================================== Sumit Kumar Agrawal @ Mithu @ Sunil Agrwal .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 18-12-2012 Petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . and Section 7 of the Essential Commodities Act. The supply officer raided the paddy mill of Punam Agrawal when some labourors were taking out of the grains from the bags having stamps of PDS and FCI when the labourors started fleeing away when 115 Kgs bags with stamp of Shanti Rice and Saha Rice mill and 86 bags of rice with FCI stamps were recovered. Petitioner happens to be the manager of the alleged rice mill. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that accusation has been made only on suspicion when the rice mill owner has been granted anticipatory bail vide Cr. Misc. No. 41295 of 2012. Considering the same, let the petitioner namely Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.48534 of 2012 (2) dt.18-12-2012 2 / 2 2 Sumit Kumar Agrawal @ Sumit Agrawal @ Mithu, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the Court below within a 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, Katihar in connection with Azamnagar P.S. Case No. 171 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.