Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.5233 of 2012 (4) dt.10-05-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.5233 of 2012 ====================================================== Barmeshwar Nath Pandey .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 04/ 10.05.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner is in jail custody since 15.3.2011 in a case registered under [STATUTE] on the charges that he defalcated government money to the tune of Rs 3,66,300/-. The learned trial court has reported that charge has already been framed against the petitioner but up till now, not a single prosecution witness has been examined and charge sheet contains the names of seven prosecution witnesses. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as period of detention of the petitioner in jail custody, let the petitioner, Barmeshwar Nath Pandey, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Sri Manoj Kumar, Judicial Magistrate, Bhojpur at Ara in Sikarhata P.S. Case no. 59/2010. Shahid (Hemant Kumar Srivastava,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.