Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.40628 of 2012 (4) dt.08-11-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.40628 of 2012 ================================================= Abhishek Kumar, son of Gajadhar Singh .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ================================================= With Criminal Miscellaneous No.41391 of 2012 ================================================= Rajiv Ranjan, son of Srikant Kumar .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ================================================= With Criminal Miscellaneous No.44347 of 2012 ================================================= Sanjeev Kumar, son of Janak Prasad .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ================================================= CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AKHILESH CHANDRA ORAL ORDER 4 08-11-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. All these three applications are being heard together and being disposed of by this common order. This application has been filed for the grant of regular bail to the petitioners who have been made an accused in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and Section 66 of I.T. Act. The petitioners are named accused in this case on being Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.40628 of 2012 (4) dt.08-11-2012 apprehended during police raid conducted on some confidential information about assembles and preparation to provide undue assistance in ongoing examination for appointment. During raid, some electronic articles besides cash etc. were recovered, but till no scientific report has been received relating to such documents. Charge-sheet has been submitted against the petitioners keeping the investigation pending for others including against absconding accused persons. Further, none of these petitioners carry any criminal antecedent. If, it is so, let the above named petitioners be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand only) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Patna, in connection with Economic Offence P.S. Case No. 12 of 2012, with a condition to remain physically present before the court below on each and every date till disposal of the case, in case of failure on two consecutive dates without giving any reasonable explanation, the liberty granted shall be deemed to be cancelled. Further, prosecution is at liberty to seek cancellation of the privilege, if during subsequent investigation, any material showing the wrongs done by the petitioners, emerges. Rajeev/- (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.