Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.77 of 2012 1. Rajeshwar Singh 2. Jitendra Singh @ Bijendra Singh 3. Munna Singh 4. Kamlesh Singh @ Mukeshm Singh 5. Surendra Singh 6. Dinkar Singh All sons of late Ramdeo Singh 7. Umesh Singh 8. Akhilesh Singh @ Kamlesh Singh Both sons of late Baijnath Singh 9. Mithilesh Singh, son of late Ram Lakhan Singh All residents of village Hardas Tola, P.S. Chandi, district Bhojpur .. Petitioners Versus The State Of Bihar .. Opposite party **** /2/ 4 January, 2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and the State. This application is for grant of anticipatory bail for offence under [STATUTE] . The petitioners are the vendee and the allegation of the informant is that the vendor was impersonated and in his place some other persons stand to execute the sale deed. The sale deed has been executed about 31 years back and after lapse of 31 years case has been filed. Hence, having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, in the event of their arrest or 2 surrender of the petitioners, is directed to be released on anticipatory bail, within four weeks, from the date of receipt of this order, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (rupees ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each in connection with Ara Nawada P.S. Case No. 533 of 2010 to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bhojpur at Ara, subject to the condition laid down under Section 438(2) of the Criminal Procedure Code. S.A. ( Gopal Prasad, 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.