Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.1567 of 2012 ====================================================== Jitan Sahu @ Seri Jitan Sah .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 16-03-2012 Petitioner being headmaster is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that petitioner was entrusted with the cheque amount to the extent of Rs. 5,38,100/- under Mukhmantri Balika Poshak Yojana and Mukhmantri Poshak Yojana, but he could not submit certificate with regard to distribution of the same. Petitioner has further not submitted the deposit of the balance amount with regard to the mid-day meal. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that out of Rs. 5,38,100/- the expenditure was of Rs. 1,95,000/- and the remaining balance amount is in the bank and the balance amount of Rs. 90,000/- under mid-day scheme has already been deposited. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.1567 of 2012 (3) dt.16-03-2012 2 / 2 2 Petitioner undertakes to submit the certificates with regard to execution of scheme, within a period of one month. Considering the aforesaid submissions, let the petitioner namely Jitan Sahu @ Sri Jitan Sah, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, be released on provisional anticipatory bail for six months on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jhanjharpur, Madhubani in connection with Madhepur P.S. Case No. 119 of 2011. In the meantime, petitioner will give the account of entire alleged amount and when the informant will certify that petitioner has given the account then provisional bail of the petitioner will be confirmed. 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.