Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.14492 of 2012 ====================================================== Nawal Kishore Ram, S/O Chotey Lal Ram, Resident Of Mohalla- Sankarpur, P.S- Mufassil, District- Munger. .... .... Petitioner Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party ====================================================== For the Petitioner : Mr. Laxmi Narayan Das, Advocate. For the Opposite Party : Mr. B.N. Pandey, A.P.P. ====================================================== 4 04-06-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. Petitioner is an accused for offences punishable under [STATUTE] . Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the allegation against the petitioner is that during 13.09.2009 to 09.07.2010 cheques of two Account Holders were encashed overriding the rules, but no such grievance has been raised by any of the Account Holders. It is also submitted that at the relevant time the informant Branch Manager was not there as he had joined later and the said cheques were encashed by the petitioner as per the prescribed rules affirmed by the erstwhile Branch Manager. Learned counsel for the petitioner states that five months after his joining the informant Branch Manager had Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.14492 of 2012 (4) dt.04-06-2012 2 sought to file F.I.R. against the petitioner. It is also stated that the petitioner is an Accountant and has been falsely implicated as he had opposed the informant Branch Manager in the election of the Bank. In the aforesaid facts and circumstances, this petition is allowed. Let petitioner above named be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000.00 (Rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Munger in connection with Kotwali (Munger) P.S. Case No.208 of 2011. Harish/- (S.N. Hussain, 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.