Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.42849 of 2012 ====================================================== Gopal Kumar Bind S/O Shyam Deo Bind R/O,Vill.-Agar,P.S.- Bakhtiyarpur,Dist.-Saharsa. .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 14-12-2012 Let the petitioner make necessary correction in paragraph no. 1 of the petition. Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that in Scheme No. 02 of 1993- 94, the petitioner misappropriated Rs. 1,00,000/- for which the case has been registered in 2007. It is submitted that the petitioner got elected Mukhiya in 2001 but since the Ex-Mukhiya is dead hence the petitioner has falsely been implicated in the present case and a statement to that effect has been made in paragraph no. 6 of the petition. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.42849 of 2012 (2) dt.14-12-2012 2 / 2 2 In view of this Court, it is fit case for consideration of regular bail if the petitioner surrenders within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of copy of this order in connection with Bakhtiyarpur P.S. Case No. 243 of 2007 pending in the court of the learned C.J.M. Saharsa. With this observation, the application is disposed off. Let the order be faxed to the learned court below at the cost of the petitioner. U.K./- (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.