Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.39633 of 2012 (2) dt.19-10-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.39633 of 2012 ====================================================== Baldeo Prasad Sah .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 02/ 19.10.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner is in jail custody since 28.8.2012 in a case registered under [STATUTE] . It is stated that officials of the post office withdrew some amounts from the accounts of beneficiaries of Old Age Pension Scheme and at the relevant time, petitioner was posted as Dakiya in the concerned post office. The contention on behalf of the petitioner is that the petitioner had no concern with the work of making entries in pass books of beneficiaries of Old Age Pension Scheme. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner, Baldeo Prasad Sah, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Araria in Araria (R.S.) P.S. Case no. 155/2012. shahid (Hemant Kumar Srivastava,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.