Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.15965 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Ram Chandra Pathak, Son of Late Jang Bahadur Pathak, resident of village- Pandey Patti, P.S.-Buxar(M), District-Buxar, at present residing at Kusum Para, Medical Industrial Area Buxar, P.S.Buxar(Town), District-Buxar. 2. Anand Rai, Son of Parmanand Rai, residing at Sohani Patti, P.S. –Buxar (Town), District-Buxar. 3. Ravi Shankar Mishra, Son of Sudarshan Mishra, residing at Chhotaki Sarimpur, P.S.Buxar(Town), District-Buxar. .... .... Petitioners. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 01-05-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners, informant and the State. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged against petitioner no.1 who is full brother of the informant that he manufactured a forged partition deed which was produced in Title Partition Suit No. 252 of 2005 whereas petitioner nos. 2 and 3 are the identifying witnesses of the said partition deed. Considering the nature of accusation arising out of civil dispute between the parties, let the petitioners above named be released on bail in the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.15965 of 2012 (2) dt.01-05-2012 2 / 2 2 event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today in connection with Buxar (T) P.S. Case No. 70 of 2012 arising out of Complaint Case No. 193(C) of 2012 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., Buxar, 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: 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.