Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.6267 of 2012 ====================================================== Rajeev Kumar Singh .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 02-03-2012 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 by the Block Development Officer, Morwa that this petitioner took Rs. 3,000/- from three persons on behalf of Mukhiya, B.D.O. and the Collector. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that only on suspicion the FIR has been lodged and there is no proof with regard to the payment. Considering the nature of accusation, let the above named petitioner, be released on anticipatory bail, in the event arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.6267 of 2012 (2) dt.02-03-2012 2 / 2 2 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, Samastipur in connection with Tajpur (Halali) P.S. Case No. 362 of 2011, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Amrendra/- (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.