Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.46106 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Bhartendu Bimal S/O Sri Surya Deo Singh R/O Village - Khaprailchak Parsa, P.S. Parsa, District - Patna 2. Surya Deo Singh S/O Late Shiv Nandan Singh R/O Village - Khaprailchak Parsa, P.S. Parsa, District - Patna .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Bindhyachal Singh, Adv. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE JYOTI SARAN ORAL ORDER 2 18-12-2012 Heard Mr. Bindhyachal Singh learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the State The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Complaint Case No. 1884(C) of 2011 for the offence punishable under [STATUTE] . Petitioners have been charged with inducing the complainant for parting with a sum of Rs. 1, 50,000/- in order to secure admission in M.B.A. course. Learned counsel for the petitioners has questioned the allegations on two counts namely that the complaint has been instituted after unexplained delay of two years and that even according to the complainant, the money if any, was deposited in the account of other accused persons. It is submitted that at no Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.46106 of 2012 (2) dt.18-12-2012 2 / 2 2 place in the complaint has the complainant mentioned of any deposit made in the account of the petitioners. Regard being had to the submissions of learned counsel, let the petitioners namely, Bhartendu Bimal and Surya Deo Singh, in the event of their arrest/surrender before the Court below within a period of eight weeks from today, be released on bail upon each of them furnishing individual bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Smt. Akanksha Kashyap, Judicial Magistrate Ist Class, Patna in connection with Complaint Case No. 1884(C) of 2011 subject to the conditions stipulated under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Bibhash/- (Jyoti Saran, 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.