Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.13055 of 2012 ====================================================== Md. Jallaluddin @ Jallaluddin .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 12-04-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner being the Panchayat Mukhiya is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The accusation is of taking Rs. 5,000/-for getting allotment under Indira Awas Scheme in favour of the informant. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that after 1½ years of cause of action the accusation has been levelled against the petitioner due to village politics. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the petitioner, above named, be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today in connection with Chiraiya P.S. Case No. 216 Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.13055 of 2012 (2) dt.12-04-2012 2 / 2 2 of 2011 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned S.D.J.M., Sikrahana, East Champaran at Motihari, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. U.K./- (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.