Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.39025 of 2012 (2) dt.12-10-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.39025 of 2012 ====================================================== Mithilesh Prasad .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 12-10-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner being Up-Mukhia of the panchayat is apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that after the death of freedom fighter Harinandan Prasad, his son started getting the pension claiming one Saraswati Devi as wife of Harinandan Prasad when Saraswati Devi was the wife of Raj Kumar Prasad who died earlier and wife of Harinandan Prasad also died in 2005. It is alleged against the petitioner that he along with Sarpanch issued a forged identity certificate about Saraswati Devi being the wife of late Harinandan Prasad. It is submitted that the said certificate was issued by the Circle Officer which is part of the FIR. Considering the thrust of accusation against the son of Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.39025 of 2012 (2) dt.12-10-2012 Harinandan Prasad, let the above named petitioner be released on anticipatory bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of twelve weeks from today on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned CJM, Nalanda at Biharsharif in connection with Noorsarai P.S. Case No. 71 of 2012 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Anil/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 419

Statute Text:
Section 419 of the Indian Penal Code. Cheating by personation. Whoever cheats by personation shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.