Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.31126 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Sudha Devi @ Sudha Kumari 2. Hari Shankar Prasad Sinha 3. Rahul Raj 4. Suraj Kumar @ Kaju .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 02/ 21-09-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners, the State and the informant. It is submitted that petitioner no. 2 has been arrested, hence, his application become infructuous and accordingly, it is disposed of. The rest of the petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that petitioner Hari Shankar Prasad Sinha got the land of the informant transferred in his name on the basis of forged sale deed through one Chameli Devi for which Muzaffarpur Town P.S. Case No. 450 of 2009 was registered then petitioner Hari Shankar Prasad Sinha got the land transferred in favour Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.31126 of 2012 (2) dt.21-09-2012 2/2 of his daughter-in-law, namely, Sudha Devi. It is submitted by learned counsel for the informant that Chameli Devi non-else then fictituous person and fraudulently the land of the informant has been transferred. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that the title suit and partition suit are pending between the parties. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named petitioners except petitioner no. 2 be released on anticipatory bail in the event of their arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned CJM, Muzaffarpur in connection with Muzaffarpur Town P.S. Case No. 502 of 2011, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. DKS/ (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J.) .

Applicable IPC Section: 468

Statute Text:
Section 468 of the Indian Penal Code. Forgery for the purpose of cheating. Whoever commits forgery, intending that the document forged shall be used for the purpose of cheating, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.