Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.19854 of 2012 ====================================================== Bhushan Kumar .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 4 17-07-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner, complainant and the State. Petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken under [STATUTE] . Accusation is of taking potato from the complainant on credit when part of the payment was made by one Jitendra Kumar. It is alleged that Jitendra Kumar took the potato on credit in the name of this petitioner. The total amount is alleged to be of Rs. 4,35,840/- out of which Jitendra Kumar made payment of Rs. 15,000/- through Raju Chotani. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that potato was taken by Jitendra Kumar which was admitted by the complainant in the complaint petition. Considering the thrust of accusation against Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.19854 of 2012 (4) dt.17-07-2012 2 / 2 2 Jitendra Kumar, let the petitioner namely Bhushan Kumar, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Bihar Sharif, Nalanda in connection with Complaint Case No. 1100C of 2011. Shageer/- (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.