Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.1102 of 2012 ====================================================== Ajay Kumar .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 08-05-2012 Petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that one Pankaj Kumar opened showroom of Mahindra in the name of Seema Enterprises in which petitioner was working as agent. It is alleged against the petitioner that being agent he took Rs. Six lacs and odd and deposited in the account of the agency, but subsequently Pankaj Kumar fled away. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that money was deposited in the account of the agency and not to the petitioner and there is nothing on record to suggest that petitioner misappropriated the money in any manner. It is further submitted that co-accused Sanjeev Kumar has been granted anticipatory bail vide Cr. Misc. No. 5959 of Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.1102 of 2012 (3) dt.08-05-2012 2 / 2 2 2012. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the petitioner namely Ajay Kumar, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Munger in connection with Haveli Kharagpur P.S. Case No. 274 of 2010. Shageer/- (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.