Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.29633 of 2011 (4) dt.08-02-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.29633 of 2011 ====================================================== Baleshwar Prasad, S/O-Late Nageshwar Prasad .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 4 08-02-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner is in jail custody since 12.05.2011 in a case registered under [STATUTE] . Allegedly, petitioner being Officer-in-Charge of Kazi Mohammadpur Police Station deliberately did not mention the seized property in seizure list which had been prepared in connection with Kazi Mohammadpur P.S. Case No. 262 of 2010. The contention of learned counsel for the petitioner is that the petitioner was a police official and, as a matter of fact, he has become prey of his department. It is further contended by him that so many cases were registered against the petitioner at the instance of informant of the present case and in some of the cases petitioner has already been released on bail by another Bench of this Court. It is further contended by him that informant of the present case is himself a person of dubious character and that is Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.29633 of 2011 (4) dt.08-02-2012 why the Vigilance Court, Muzaffarpur made some comments against him vide order dated 20.01.2011 in Town P.S. Case No. 401 of 2010. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties coupled with period of detention of the petitioner in jail custody, let the petitioner be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Muzaffarpur in connection with Kazi Mohammadpur P.S. Case No. 127 of 2011. SHAHZAD/- (Hemant Kumar Srivastava, 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.