Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.41295 of 2012 ====================================================== Punam Agrawal .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 29-11-2012 Petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . and Section 7 of the Essential Commodities Act. The supply officer raided the paddy mill of the petitioner when some labourors were taking out the bags having stamps of PDS and FCI when the labourors started fleeing away when 115 Kgs bags with stamp of Shanti Rice and Saha Rice Mill and 86 bags of rice with F.C.I. stamps were recovered being used in the rice mill of the petitioner. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that only on suspicion the accusation has been levelled when a statement has been made in para 29 of the petition that petitioner has no criminal antecedent. Considering the nature of accusation, let the petitioner namely Punam Agrawal, in the event of her arrest or Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.41295 of 2012 (2) dt.29-11-2012 2 / 2 2 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, Katihar in connection with Azamnagar P.S. Case No. 171 of 2012. 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.