Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.24856 of 2012 ====================================================== Ashok Kumar Ambastha .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== with Criminal Miscellaneous No.24982 of 2012 ====================================================== Murlidhar Pathak .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 5 19-09-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners being the Revenue Karamchari and the In-charge Circle Inspector are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that the caste certificate was issued in favour of one Ashok Tamoli as belonging to Tomariya caste which is under backward class Annexure-2 whereas he actually belongs to Annexure-1 Tamoli. The said thing was verified by the District Magistrate as well as by the Election Commission but on the basis of caste certificate he owned the election Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.24856 of 2012 (5) dt.19-09-2012 2 / 2 2 / 2 2 of the Panchayat Samiti. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that the caste certificate was ultimately issued by the Circle Officer when initial certificate as Tomariya caste was issued by the Anchal Adhikari on 02.03.2006 when the said person contested earlier election and the present caste certificate of 2011 was issued on the basis of caste certificate issued in 2006. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the petitioners, above named, be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today in connection with Sono P.S. Case No. 23 of 2012 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned C.J.M. Jamui, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. U.K./- (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.