Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.20394 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Draupadi Devi W/O Sri Neem Chand Agrawal Resident Of Khalpara, Nehru Road, P.S.- Siliguri, Town Siliguri, District- Darjeeling 2. Kailash Pd. Agrawal S/O Sri Jagdish Prasad Agrawal Resident Of Khalpara, Nehru Road, P.S.- Siliguri, Town Siliguri, District- Darjeeling .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. The Circle Officer Pothia, District- Kishanganj. .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Gautam Kejriwal, Adv. Miss. Sushila Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Akash Chaturvedi, Adv. For the State : Mr. Subhash Chandra Mishra, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. ANJANA PRAKASH ORAL ORDER 3. 11-09-2012 Heard learned counsel for the Petitioners and the State. The Petitioners seek quashing of the First Information Report of Pothia (Paharkatta) P.S. Case No. 61 of 20112 dated 3.5.2012 instituted for the offences under [STATUTE] . It has been submitted on behalf of the Petitioners that on perusal of supporting documents, no offence whatsoever is made out against the Petitioners. Since the case is still at the stage of investigation, I am not inclined to interfere in the matter. However, it will be open to the Petitioners to appear Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.20394 of 2012 (3) dt.11-09-2012 2 / 2 2 before the Investigating Officer and place all the facts before him who will consider the same and expedite the investigation and close the same preferably within a period of four months from the date of receipt of this order. With this observation, the application is disposed off. Let this order be communicated to the Superintendent of Police, Kishanganj, in connection with Pothia (Paharkatta) P.S. Case No. 61 of 2012, through FAX at the cost of the Petitioners. S.Ali (Anjana Prakash, 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.