Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.4818 of 2012 (2) dt.15-02-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.4818 of 2012 ====================================================== Sunil Kumar Singh .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 15-02-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . Two trucks loaded with coal were seized by the informant when it was suspected that they were being transported for being sold in black market. It is submitted by learned senior counsel for the petitioner that one of the trucks belonged to the petitioner and seizure list reflects that relevant documents reflecting that said coal was purchased from Central Coalfields Ltd., Hazaribagh, and the same was to reach to the petitioner’s firm M/S. Bhawani Coke Industries Pvt. Ltd., Aurangabad itself. The informant admits about the seizure of documents in the F.I.R. also. It is further Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.4818 of 2012 (2) dt.15-02-2012 submitted that coal is no longer under the control items. Considering the suspicious nature of accusation against the petitioner, let the petitioner, 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 Barun P.S. Case No. 268 of 2011 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned C.J.M. Aurangabad, 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: 471

Statute Text:
Section 471 of the Indian Penal Code. Using as genuine a forged document which is known to be forged. Whoever fraudulently or dishonestly uses as genuine any document which he knows or has reason to believe to be a forged document, shall be punished in the same manner as if he had forged such document.