Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.3325 of 2012 ====================================================== Harishanker Sharma @ Chunchun Kumar .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 01-02-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered under [STATUTE] and Section 17B(E), 18A, 18B, 28A and 27(c)(d) of the Drugs and Cosmetic Act. It is alleged that 28 bottles of Hemodex Syrup were recovered from one M/s P.N. Drug which was suspected to be spurious. It was found that one Mukesh Kumar supplied those syrups to the alleged shopkeeper and Mukesh Kumar named this petitioner. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that except the statement of Mukesh Kumar there is nothing Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.3325 of 2012 (2) dt.01-02-2012 2 / 2 2 against the petitioner. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named petitioner be released on anticipatory bail in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today, on furnishing the bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, East Champaran, Motihari In connection with Chhatauni P.S. Case No. 170 of 2011 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr. P.C. Amrendra/- (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.