Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.8956 of 2012 ====================================================== Nirmala Devi .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Sunil Kumar No-III For the State : Mr. Sanjay Kumar Singh ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 26-03-2012 Petitioner is apprehending her arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that during inspection it was found that in spite of signature of 56 beneficiaries suggesting lifting of grains by them, 10 Kgs of rice and 15 Kgs of lintel pulse were found in the stock when 25 children stated that they never got mid-day meal. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that petitioner was still to complete the distribution and complainant has not verified from the record. Considering the fact that petitioner is lady, let the petitioner namely Nirmala Devi, in the event of her arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of 12 weeks Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.8956 of 2012 (2) dt.26-03-2012 2 / 2 2 from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned S.D.J.M., Sikrahana at Motihari in connection with Rajepur P.S. Case No. 95 of 2011. Shageer/- (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.