Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Writ No.208 of 2012 ====================================================== Ranjeet Kumar, S/O Shri Bartu Bind, Resident of Village-Jagdishpur (Abgila), Police Station -Mufasil, District Gaya. .... .... Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Bihar through the Principal Secretary- cum -Commissioner, Department of Home, Govt. of Bihar. 2. The Superintendent of Police, Gaya. 3. The Officer In Charge, Mufasil Police Station, District- Gaya. 4. The Branch Manager, State Bank of India, Manpur, Gaya. 5. The Authorised Officer, Regional Business Office, SBI Main Branch, Gaya. .... .... Respondents ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHWANI KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 11-09-2012 The petitioner is informant of Mufasil P.S. Case No. 256 of 2011 dated 4.12.2011 registered under [STATUTE] . He prays before this Court for issuance of a direction to the respondents to take proper steps in the matter of investigation of the aforesaid case. Initially, the petitioner had filed a complaint case, being Complaint Case No. 917 of 2011, before the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Gaya, which was referred to the police under Section 156(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure for investigation. The police registered a case on 4.12.2011. In my view, since the matter is under investigation, Patna High Court CR. WJC No.208 of 2012 (2) dt.11-09-2012 2 / 2 2 the Court has no role to play. It is expected that the investigating agency would promptly conclude the investigation and submit its report before the court concerned. The investigating agency may submit such report as it thinks proper, having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case and result of the investigation. With this observation, the writ petition is disposed of. Sanjeet/- (Ashwani 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.