Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.39483 of 2011 Md. Ilias Ansari S/O Late Md. Yusuf Ansari Resident Of Village- Machhapakauni, P.S.- Bela, District- Sitamarhi (Ex- Mukhiya, Bela Mechhapakauni Gram Panchayat). Versus The State of Bihar ---------------------------------- 03. 17.01.2012 Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the parties. The petitioner is in custody in connection with Sitamarhi P.S. Case No. 595 of 2010 for offence punishable under [STATUTE] and Sections 63, 65 and 68 of the Copy Right Act. The petitioner was the then Mukhiya of the local Gram Panchayat. The allegation made in the F.I.R. accuses the accused persons named therein of making supply of duplicate solar lamps. The involvement of the petitioner has been because he was the Mukhiya of the local Gram Panchayat and thus it is alleged that the illegal activity was with the tacit approval of the Mukhiya. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that merely because the petitioner at the relevant time happened to be the Mukhiya of the Gram Panchayat that his name has been roped in the present transaction, inter alia, on charge of indulgement and misappropriation without there being cogent materials connecting him with the alleged offence. Regard being had to the submissions, let the 2 petitioner Md. Ilias Ansari be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sitamarhi in connection with Sitamarhi P.S. Case No. 595 of 2010. S.Sb/- (Jyoti Saran, 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.