Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.43133 of 2011 (4) dt.23-04-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No. 43133 of 2011 ====================================================== Bhuwneshwar Sahni @ Upendra Sahni .... .... Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Bihar 2. Nageshwar Pandit .... .... Opposite Parties ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE GOPAL PRASAD ORAL ORDER 4 23-04-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. This is a petition for anticipatory bail in a case under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that the petitioner took advance of Rs.51,000/- on the pretext of providing 25 labourers to the complainant. It is alleged that even after accepting Rs.51,000/- petitioner neither provided labourer nor returned money to the complainant. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is ready to return Rs.25,000/- to the complainant subject to the condition that if the petitioner succeeds in the criminal case then the money shall have to be returned to the petitioner. Hence, having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, the above named petitioner is ordered to be released on anticipatory bail in the event of his arrest or surrender Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.43133 of 2011 (4) dt.23-04-2012 before the learned court below within a period of four weeks on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, (West), Muzaffarpur in connection with Complaint Case No. 2121 of 2009, Tr. No. 2246/2010 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr. P. C. as well as subject to the condition that he will pay Rs.25,000/- to the complainant to the satisfaction of the court below. Kundan/- (Gopal Prasad, 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.