Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.15247 of 2012 ====================================================== Bachchi Devi .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== with Criminal Miscellaneous No.16033 of 2012 ====================================================== Nirmala Devi .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 25-04-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners being the Panchayat Mukhiyas are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] , 63, 65 and 68 of Copy Right Act. It is alleged that co-accused Dipendra Kumar Mishra alongwith co-accused Ashok Kumar used to supply duplicate solar lights to various Gram Panchayats without having any VAT registration. It is further alleged that the petitioners being Panchayat Mukhiyas used to direct for supply of solar lights from unapproved shops. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.15247 of 2012 (2) dt.25-04-2012 2 / 2 2 It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that purchase was made in pursuance to direction of the D.D.C. whereby purchase was directed to be made from specific shop and there is no complaint from the villagers and considering the general nature of accusation others have been granted anticipatory bail by this Court. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the petitioners, above named, be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today in connection with Sitamarhi P.S. Case No. 595 of 2010 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned C.J.M. Sitamarhi, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. U.K./- (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.