Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.19226 of 2012 ====================================================== Maheshwar Rai @ Maheshwar Ray .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 29-08-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that Rs. 1, 83, 406.29/- were sanctioned for fertilizer loan which were distributed to the fictitious persons. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the loan were distributed to such persons whose names were recommended by the Co-operative Society and the petitioner has nothing to do with the preparation of beneficiaries list since he is the Branch Manager of the Co-operative Society. It is further submitted that for the distribution made in 1999, the case was instituted in the year 2007 when the investigation is still pending. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named petitioner be released on anticipatory bail, in the event of arrest or Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.19226 of 2012 (3) dt.29-08-2012 2/2 surrender before the learned Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Muzaffarpur in connection with Gaighat P.S. Case No. 106/2007, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Amrendra/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 419

Statute Text:
Section 419 of the Indian Penal Code. Cheating by personation. Whoever cheats by personation shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.