Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.20181 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Shankar Paswan S/O Late Kampani Paswan Resident Of Village- Lakshmipur, Dhanauri, P.S.- Surajgarha, District- Lakhisarai .... Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AHSANUDDIN AMANULLAH ORAL ORDER 2. 31-05-2012. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State. The petitioner seeks bail in East Colony P.S. Case No. 13 of 2009 registered for offence punishable under [STATUTE] . Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that he has been implicated in the case on a very tenuous ground. The main allegation is against one P.K. Rai who is the Agent through whom the informant sent his NSC totaling Rs.1,80,000/- to be renewed for another year which was not done. The Agent is said to have withdrawn the money and used it for his own purpose. It is submitted that the petitioner has been made an accused later on during investigation only on the basis of suspicion inasmuch as he is said to be an employee in the Post Office where the incident occurred. Learned counsel submits that even on the date of occurrence, the petitioner was not Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.20181 of 2012 (2) dt.31-05-2012 2 present in the Post Office concerned. The petitioner is in custody since 26.3.2012 and has clean antecedent.. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for bail and submits that the incident occurred due to connivance of the postal officials and the petitioner being posted in the said Post office cannot claim to be innocent. Upon hearing learned counsel for the parties and considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the abovenamed petitioner is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Munger in connection with East Colony P.S. Case No. 13 of 2009. ahk/- (Ahsanuddin Amanullah, 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.