Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.26976 of 2012 ====================================================== Ramesh Jha .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 02-08-2012 Petitioner being the then Block Development Officer is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that in the year 2007 the informant applied for Indira Awas when his name was in the BPL list, when it is alleged that the Mukhiya in connivance with the Panchayat Secretary withdrew the amount. The petitioner was posted as Block Development Officer and his name did not figure in the F.I.R. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that for the accusation of 2007, the F.I.R. was lodged in 2009 when there is no specific accusation against the petitioner in the First Information Report. Considering the same, let the petitioner namely Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.26976 of 2012 (2) dt.02-08-2012 2 / 2 2 Ramesh Jha, in the event of his arrest or 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, Araria in connection with Sikty P.S. Case No. 40 of 2009. Shageer/- (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.