Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.22547 of 2012 ====================================================== Vijay Singh @ Vijay Kumar Singh .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 09-08-2012 Petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . One suspected stolen tata safari vehicle was recovered from the village when it was located that it was being carried by this petitioner and one unknown. Subsequently the father of the petitioner produced the documents of the vehicle in question which was found to be forged. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that father of the petitioner has been granted bail vide Cr. Misc. No. 14099 of 2012. A statement has been made in para 10 of the petition that petitioner has no criminal antecedent. I see no reason for learned Court below not to give the same privilege to the petitioner, if the petitioner surrenders Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.22547 of 2012 (3) dt.09-08-2012 2 / 2 2 within a period of six weeks in connection with Shahpur P.S. Case No. 244 of 2011, pending in the Court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bhojpur, Ara. With the observations above, the application stands disposed off. Let the order of this Court be transmitted through FAX to the learned Court below at the cost of the petitioner. 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.