Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.37990 of 2012 (2) dt.12-10-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.37990 of 2012 ====================================================== Basant Rai @ Basant Patel S/O Karu Prasad Rai,C/O Ganesh Rai 'Pandey Sadan', Devi Asthan Of Mohalla Mohanpur Punaichak, P.S.-Sastri Nagar, Distt-Patna. .... .... Petitioner Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJENDRA KUMAR MISHRA ORAL ORDER 2 12-10-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. The petitioner is accused in Complaint Case No. 882 (C) of 2011 registered under [STATUTE] . The allegation against the petitioner is that he being the relative of the complainant, Sanjay Kumar, negotiated to sale the land. The price of the land was fixed Rs. 18 lakhs out of said amount agreement was executed to sale the land by giving Rs. 5 lakhs but later on the petitioner started to avoid executing the sale deed. On verification the document which was shown by the petitioner was found as forged document. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the allegation as made in the complaint petition is totally false, no Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.37990 of 2012 (2) dt.12-10-2012 agreement has been executed by the petitioner and the petitioner is in custody since 24.08.2012. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, the petitioner above named is directed to be released on bail on his furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Patna in connection with Complaint Case No. 882 (C) of 2011. Safik/- (Rajendra Kumar Mishra, 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.