Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.22807 of 2012 ====================================================== Chandra Shekhar Pathak .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 28-06-2012 Heard leaned counsels for the petitioner, informant and the State. Petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . Accusation is that petitioner and others realized Rs. 17,60,000/- from the informant and eleven others in the pretext of providing job in the Health Department. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that there is no proof with regard to the payment and petitioner’s side lodged a case against some of the complainants on 31.03.2011 then on 07.09.2011 the present case has been lodged and subsequently one of the complainant has claimed that his signature has been fraudulently taken on the complaint petition. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.22807 of 2012 (2) dt.28-06-2012 2 / 2 2 This Court is not inclined to interfere only because the petitioner has criminal antecedent, but considering the nature of accusation, it is a fit case for consideration of regular bail, if the petitioner surrenders within a period of six weeks in connection with Majhaulia P.S. Case No. 274 of 2011, pending in the Court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bettiah, West Champaran. With the observations above, the application stands disposed off. Let the order of this Court be transmitted through FAX to the learned Court below at the cost of the petitioner. Shageer/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 419

Statute Text:
Section 419 of the Indian Penal Code. Cheating by personation. Whoever cheats by personation shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.