Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.14304 of 2011 (3) dt.07-08-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.14304 of 2011 ====================================================== 1. Manoj Kumar S/O Shri Ramjanam Ram District Manager, State Food Corporation Nawadah, District Nawadah And The Then S.D.O. Of Jamui Sub Division, District Jamui .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. Rajesh Das S/O Makhan Das Resident Of Village Karnjarh, P.S. Chandramadih, District Jamui .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Sanjay Kumar Singh, Adv. For the Opposite Party/s : Mrs. Ms. Pushpa Sinha, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SHIVAJI PANDEY ORAL ORDER 3 07-08-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. In this case, petitioner is challenging he FIR which has been lodged as Jamui P.S. Case No. 107 of2010 for the offences [STATUTE] the petitioner had got appointment by playing fraud. Counsel for the petitioner submits that there is no material with the prosecution to show that the petitioner has committed any fraud. At this stage, this court cannot look into the defence and give any opinion. Accordingly, this petition is dismissed. However Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.14304 of 2011 (3) dt.07-08-2012 liberty is given to the petitioner to raise all the points at the appropriate stage of trial. Jay/- (Shivaji Pandey, 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.