Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.9703 of 2012 ====================================================== Chandeshwar Sah .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 28-03-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that 188 coupons of APL and BPL were recovered from the Fair Price Shop of the petitioner. It is submitted that some of the witnesses have alleged that the coupons were kept by force but others have denied the accusation and statement has been made in paragraph 9 of the petition that PDS dealership of the petitioner has already been cancelled. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named petitioner be released on anticipatory bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.9703 of 2012 (2) dt.28-03-2012 2 / 2 2 satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Siwan in connection with Pachrukhi (G.B. Nagar) P.S. Case No. 211 of 2011 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Anil/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 421

Statute Text:
Section 421 of the Indian Penal Code. Fraudulent removal or concealment of property etc., to prevent distribution among creditors. Whoever dishonestly or fraudulently removes, conceals or delivers to any person, or transfers or causes to be transferred to any person, without adequate consideration, any property, intending thereby to prevent, or knowing it to be likely that he will thereby prevent the distribution of that property according to law among his creditors or the creditors of any other person, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.