Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Writ No.482 of 2012 ====================================================== Dharamveer Singh, son of Sri Laljee Prasad, resident of village-Katru Bigha, P.S.-Parwalpur, District-Nalanda. .... .... Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Bihar through the Principal Secretary, Home Department, Bihar, Patna. 2. The Director General of Police, Bihar, Patna. 3. The Superintendent of Police, Nalanda at Biharsharif. 4. The Deputy Superintendent of Police, Hilsa, Nalanda. 5. The Officer-in-Charge Aungari Police Station, Hilsa, Nalanda. 6. The Investigating Officer, Aungari P.S. Case No. 2 of 2012. Aungari Police Station, Nalanda. .... .... Respondents ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHWANI KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 04-10-2012 The petitioner had initially filed a complaint in the court of the learned A.C.J.M., Hilsa, Nalanda which was referred to the police under Section 156(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, pursuant to which, Aungari P.S. Case No. 2 of 2012 dated 7.1.2012 was instituted under [STATUTE] as well as Section 27 of the Arms Act. In the writ petition, a prayer has been made to direct the respondents to conclude the investigation as early as possible. Patna High Court CR. WJC No.482 of 2012 (2) dt.04-10-2012 2 / 2 2 A counter affidavit has been filed on behalf of the State. It is taken on record. In paragraph 7 of the counter affidavit, it has been stated that pursuant to investigation the case has already been found to be a mistake of fact and a report in this regard is likely to be filed. In that view of the matter, I find no merit in the present writ petition. It is dismissed, accordingly. Sanjeet/- (Ashwani 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.