Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.21555 of 2012 ====================================================== Renu Kumari .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 16-07-2012 Petitioner being Anganwari Sevika is apprehending her arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . Accusation is of demanding Rs. 3000/- per month as extortion when co-accused Shankar Sharma and three others tried to outrage the modesty of the informant. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that informant is also Anganwari Sevika and due to job rivalry the present case has been lodged, whereas co- accused Santosh Yadav and others have been granted anticipatory bail by this Court vide Cr. Misc. No. 33517 of 2011. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the petitioner namely Renu Kumari, in the event of her arrest or surrender Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.21555 of 2012 (3) dt.16-07-2012 2 / 2 2 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 Chief Judicial Magistrate, Saharsa in connection with Saharsa(Sadar) P.S. Case No. 109 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.