Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.25353 of 2012 ====================================================== Soniya Devi & Anr. .... .... Petitioners. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER Appearance: For the petitioners: Mr. Raj Dular Sah, Advocate. For the complainant: Mr. Sanjay Kumar Sharma, Advocate. For the State : Mr. Harendra Pd., A.P.P. 2 24-07-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners, complainant and the State. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that petitioners transferred the government land in favour of the complainant after receiving Rs. 35,000/-. It is submitted that the petitioners also purchased the said land from some one and they have also been cheated. Petitioners undertake to deposit Rs. 35,000/- before the learned court below within a period of one month from the date of receipt of copy of this order when the learned court below shall release the said amount in favour of the complainant. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.25353 of 2012 (2) dt.24-07-2012 2 / 2 2 Considering the aforesaid stand of the petitioners, let the petitioners Soniya Devi and Kedar Yadav 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 Complaint Cased No. 152 of 2011 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned J.M. Ist Class, Gaya, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The bail bond of the petitioners will be accepted by the learned court below on deposit of Rs. 35,000/- by the petitioners. 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.