Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.25398 of 2012 ====================================================== Hari Shankar Rai .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== with Criminal Miscellaneous No.26619 of 2012 ====================================================== Dineshwar Prasad .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 24-07-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioners being the Panchayat Mukhiya and Panchayat Secretary are apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that when the documents with regard to the appointment of Panchayat teacher were called for, same was not supplied by the petitioners hence it was presumed that irregularity has been committed in the appointment of teachers. It is submitted by learned counsel appearing on behalf of Panchayat Mukhiya that annexure -2(series) are the letters to suggest that the required documents were submitted to the District Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.25398 of 2012 (2) dt.24-07-2012 2/2 Magistrate on 20.08.2010 and 31.12.2010. It is submitted by learned counsel appearing on behalf of Panchayat Secretary that he handed over the charge of Panchayat Secretary of the concerned Panchayat on 17.09.2008 and he never received any intimation with regard to submission of the documents with regard to the appoint of teachers. Considering the presumptive nature of accusation, let the above named petitioners be released on anticipatory bail, in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, 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 Chief Judicial Magistrate, Chapra, Saran in connection with Amnour P.S. Case No. 29 of 2012, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Amrendra/- (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.