Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.33031 of 2012 ====================================================== Mithilesh Dubey @ Mithilesh Kumar Dubey .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 02/ 28-09-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that the informant after withdrawing Rs.15,000/- the informant was coming when this petitioner took Rs.5,000/- on 25.07.2011 for which the case has been lodged on 13.06.2012. A statement has been made in para 3 of the supplementary affidavit that the petitioner has no criminal antecedent. Considering the delayed lodging of the case, let the above named petitioner be released on anticipatory bail in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.33031 of 2012 (2) dt.28-09-2012 2/2 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 learned CJM, Rohtas, Sasaram in connection with Sasaram (Tilauthu) P.S. Case No. 499 of 2012, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. DKS/ (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.