Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.19495 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Phulia Khatoon, W/O Md. Tufail, (wrongly written in F.I.R. as wife of Jabbar Mistri), resident Of Village- Jhagarua, Police Station- Jamalpur, District- Darbhanga. 2. Md. Salik, S/O Late Md. Idris, resident of Village- Jhagarua, Police Station- Jamalpur, District- Darbhanga. 3. Abdul Jabbar, S/O Late Md. Kamal, resident of Village- Jhagarua, Police Station- Jamalpur, District- Darbhanga. 4. Om Prakash Ram, S/O Late Bhola Ram, resident of Village- Jhagarua, Police Station- Jamalpur, District- Darbhanga. .... .... Petitioners. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 4 02-11-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that the petitioner no. 1 twice took the benefit under Indira Awas Scheme when petitioner nos. 2 and 4 are identifiers and petitioner no.3 is the first husband of petitioner no.1. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that petitioner no.1 subsequently married with one Md. Tufail after divorce petitioner Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.19495 of 2012 (4) dt.02-11-2012 2 / 2 2 no.3 Abdul Jabbar and initial money under Indira Awas Scheme was given to petitioner no.3 Abdul Jabbar the first husband of petitioner no.1. The petitioner no.1 undertakes to deposit Rs. 30,000/- before the learned court below which will be invested in some fixed deposit scheme which will be subject to result of the case. Considering the present stand of petitioner no.1, let the petitioners above named be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today in connection with Jamalpur P.S. Case No. 75 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. Darbhanga, 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.