Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.1578 of 2012 ====================================================== Pradeep Kumar .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar & Anr .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH) 2 18-01-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that Rs. 1,10,000/- was deposited in the bank account of the petitioner through bank draft at the behest of the complainant for getting his son admitted in the army medical college. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that he has returned the aforesaid amount in cash but considering the fact that the deposit of alleged amount is admitted in the account of the petitioner, let the petitioner deposit the aforesaid amount before the learned court below which will be invested in some fix deposit scheme in connection with the present case which will be subject to the result of the case. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.1578 of 2012 (2) dt.18-01-2012 2/2 On the deposit of the aforesaid amount, let the above named petitioner be released on anticipatory bail in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today, on furnishing the 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, Motihari in connection with Complaint Case No. C- 260/08 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. Amrendra (Dinesh Kumar Singh, 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.