Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.20855 of 2012 ====================================================== Prabhunath Dubey & Ors. .... .... Petitioners. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 25-06-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that 1,00,000/- was taken from the informant for fixing the mobile tower on his land on promise to pay Rs. 25,000/- rent per month with liberty to the informant shall be engaged as care taker in such mobile tower on monthly payment of Rs. 5,000/- but neither the mobile tower was installed nor the money was returned. It is submitted that there is no proof with regard to payment and no specific accusation has been levelled against the petitioners. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the petitioners, Prabhunath Dubey, Prithvinath Dubey @ Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.20855 of 2012 (2) dt.25-06-2012 2 / 2 2 Buttan, Anju Devi, Brij Nandan Dubey @ B.M.P., Satya Prakash Dubey @ Pankaj, Raj Kishore Dubey @ Raj Kumar Dubey @ Guddu, Suresh Prasad, Bhupendra Prasad @ Raj and Ganesh Mahto, 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 Barharia P.S. Case No. 269 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 C.J.M. Siwan, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. 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.