Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.36622 of 2012 ====================================================== Suresh Paswan .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 26-09-2012 Petitioner being Chairman of the Selection Committee for appointment of Panchayat Teacher is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . Accusation is of appointing Panchayat Teachers on forged educational certificate. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that appointment was made on the basis of the degree acquired from the Board of Higher Secondary Education, New Delhi and the question relating to the de-recognition of the degree travelled before this Court vide C.W.J.C. No. 13262 of 2012 when it was found that recognition was withdrawn in 2010 when appointment was made in 2008 when the present case has been lodged in 2012. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.36622 of 2012 (2) dt.26-09-2012 2 / 2 2 Considering the same, let the petitioner namely Suresh Paswan, 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, East Champaran at Motihari in connection with Pipra P.S. Case No. 60 of 2012, arising out of Complaint Case No. C 481 of 2012. Shageer/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 477

Statute Text:
Section 477 of the Indian Penal Code. Fraudulently destroying or defacing, or attempting to destroy or deface, or secreting, a will, etc. Whoever fraudulently or dishonestly, or with intent to cause damage or injury to the public or to any person, cancels, destroys or defaces, or attempts to cancel, destroy or deface, or secretes or attempts to secrete any document which is or purports to be a will, or an authority to adopt a son, or any valuable security, or commits mischief in respect of such document, shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.