Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.36772 of 2012 ====================================================== Lalkeshwar Prasad Singh .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 27-09-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that the complainant entered into agreement with the petitioner for sale of a land at the rate of Rs. 2,30,000/- per katha when Rs. 1,00,000/- were given to the petitioner but subsequently the petitioner refused to execute the sale deed since the value of land has increased. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that there is no proof with regard to any such agreement or receiving of the money when the witnesses have not supported the accusation. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named petitioner be released on anticipatory bail, in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.36772 of 2012 (2) dt.27-09-2012 2/2 thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Addl. Chief Judicial Magistrate, Hilsa, Nalanda in connection with Complaint Case No. 272C of 2012, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) 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.