Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.28524 of 2011 ====================================================== Sudhansu Kumar Sinha, Son of Sachidanand Sinha. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AKHILESH CHANDRA ORAL ORDER 3 02-03-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned counsel for the complainant and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State, who is armed with carbon/xerox copy of the case diary. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with a case registered for the offence punishable under [STATUTE] and 138 of N.I. Act, is one of the named accused in this complaint case with allegation of realizing some money in the garb of providing some appointment and subsequently to return issued altogether twelve cheques worth Rs. 10,000/- each totaling into Rs. 1,20,000/- which were bounced and in spite of issued legal notices, nothing has been done. Submission is of denial of the allegations and signed cheques left for benefit of inmates of the family were stolen by the complainant for which one Complaint Case No. 1748 of 2011 has also been filed at the instance of the petitioner but after two years of alleged theft. Further, submission is that petitioner is ready to deposit the entire amount of Rs. 1,20,000/- with the concerned Court, subject to result of the case. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case as stated above, in the event of deposit of the amount aforementioned, in the event of his arrest/surrender before the court below within eight weeks, let the above Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.28524 of 2011 (3) dt.02-03-2012 2 / 2 2 named petitioner be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand only) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Hajipur at Vaishali, in connection with Complaint Case No. 1728 of 2009, subject to condition laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure with additional condition to remain physically present before the court below till disposal of the case and in case of failure on two consecutive dates without giving any reasonable explanation, the liberty granted shall be deemed to be cancelled. Praveen-II/- (Akhilesh Chandra, 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.