Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.5661 of 2012 ====================================================== Raj Kishor Rai .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 29-02-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner being the postmaster is apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that under the MNREGA scheme, the account of the beneficiaries were opened and Rs. 2,81,304 were deposited but at the time of withdrawal, when the signature of the account holders did not tally, the petitioner did not allow the withdrawal in spite of offer of supplying the subsequent signature of the account holders. It is submitted by learned Sr. counsel for the petitioner that the money is still lying in the post office under the suspicion of withdrawal by the fictitious persons. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.5661 of 2012 (2) dt.29-02-2012 2 / 2 2 Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named petitioner, be released on anticipatory bail, in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period 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, Siwan in connection with Maharajganj P.S. Case No. 190 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.