Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.15967 of 2012 (3) dt.29-05-2012 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.15967 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Nitish Kumar @ Nithis Kumar, son of Dilip Prasad, resident of Mohalla- Bichali Udan, P.S.- Sahsarai, Distt.- Nalanda 2. Abhishek Kumar, son of Sachidanand Prasad, R/O Village- Jalalpur, P.S.- Soh-Sarai, Dist.- Nalanda .... .... Petitioners Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioners : Mr. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AHSANUDDIN AMANULLAH ORAL ORDER 3 29-05-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.P.P. for the State. The petitioners seek bail in Sohsarai P.S. Case No. 28 of 2012 dated 01.03.2012 registered for offence under [STATUTE] and 7 of the Emblem Act. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the allegation against them is that they were working in the press in which forged documents and cash memos were printed. It has come in the F.I.R. that one Deepak Kumar and not these petitioners is the owner of the said Soni Computer Press in which these forged documents were found and seized. Learned counsel Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.15967 of 2012 (3) dt.29-05-2012 2 submits that the petitioners have clean antecedent and are in custody since 02.03.2012. Learned A.P.P. for the State on the basis of the case diary submits that it has come that the petitioners are also associates of Deepak Kumar who was the owner. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case and the submissions of the learned counsels for the parties, let the abovenamed petitioners be released on bail upon furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Nalanda at Biharsharif in Sohsarai P.S. Case No. 28 of 2012. The petitioners shall also execute a bond of good behaviour with an undertaking that they shall not indulge in any criminal activity. Any violation of the terms and conditions shall lead to cancellation of bail. This application, accordingly, stands disposed off. Md. Ibrarul/- (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.