Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.4163 of 2012 (3) dt.13-02-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.4163 of 2012 ====================================================== Mukesh Kumar & Ors. .... .... Petitioners. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 13-02-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners being the son, sister-in-law and Dewar (brother-in-law) of the elected Mukhiya of panchayat are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that the petitioners were benefited only because that they happen to be the family members of the elected Mukhiya as petitioner no.1 was put under the B.P.L. list and petitioner no.2 has been selected as Aagan Bari Sevika and petitioner no.3 was given P.D.S. dealership. It is submitted that the petitioners were not named in the F.I.R. as the F.I.R. was only lodged against the husband of Panchayat Mukhiya. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that appointment of petitioner no. 2 as Aagan Bari Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.4163 of 2012 (3) dt.13-02-2012 Sevika has been upheld by the appellate authority. It appears from the record of Cr. Misc. No. 44571 of 2011 that the panchayat Mukhiya, namely, Sushila Devi, whose name also surfaced during investigation, has been granted anticipatory bail till conclusion of the investigation. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the petitioners, Mukesh Kumar, Babita Devi and Ramji Prasad, be also released on bail till conclusion of investigation in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today in connection with Jadopur P.S. Case No. 72 of 2011 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned C.J.M. Gopalganj, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. U.K./- (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.