Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.8434 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Jitendra Kumar S/O Raj Kumar Bhagat Resident Of Village And P.O. And P.S.- Sangrampur, District- Munger. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. M. P. Singh, Adv. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. M. P. Mehta, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 20-03-2012 Petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that in the examination conducted someone else appeared in place of the petitioner with different photographs on admit card. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that other person appeared at the examination without knowledge of the petitioner. Considering the fact that petitioner was not found in the examination centre, let petitioner named above be released on anticipatory bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today in connection with Kadam Kuan P.S. case no.340 of 2011 on Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.8434 of 2012 (2) dt.20-03-2012 2 / 2 2 furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Patna, subject to the conditions as laid down under section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. sudip/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 419

Statute Text:
Section 419 of the Indian Penal Code. Cheating by personation. Whoever cheats by personation shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.