Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.27149 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Nageshwar Sah 2. Jareena Khatoon. 3. Lalita Devi. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== with Criminal Miscellaneous No.30001 of 2012 ====================================================== Shail Devi .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 02-08-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioners are apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The accusation is of transfer of the land by Lilawati Devi in favour of Nageshwar Sah and Shail Devi. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that the complainant sold the land in favour of Lilawati Devi on 04.07.1984 when Lilawati Devi was paying rent and subsequently the son of the complainant, Shankar Prasad also executed the sale deed in favour of Lilawati Devi in respect of his share of the land. It is also submitted that at the behest of the complainant Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.27149 of 2012 (2) dt.02-08-2012 2/2 144 Cr. P. C. proceeding was also initiated. Considering the accusation arising out of civil nature of dispute between the parties, 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 12 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 the learned Addl. Chief Judicial Magistrate, Saran in connection with Complaint Case No. 3454 of 2010, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Amrendra/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, 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.