Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.40202 of 2011 ====================================================== Ajimul Haque Siddique @ Dr. A. Haque Siddique @ Ajimul Haque @ A. Haque Siddiqui, Son of Late Abdul Haque. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AKHILESH CHANDRA ORAL ORDER 3 22-02-2012 Supplementary affidavit has been filed on behalf of the petitioner. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State, who is armed with carbon/xerox copy of the case diary up to paragraph – 67 dated 27/11/2011. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with a case registered for the offence punishable under [STATUTE] , is solitary named accused in this case with allegation of running medical practice on basis of fake degree and without any valid license. Submission is that petitioner has obtained degree by Indian Council of Alternative Medicines, and accordingly, he was registered as medical practitioner vide Registration No. 26149 dated 31.03.2005 with Indian Council of Alternative Medicines, affiliated to the Open International University & Registered by the Government of West Bengal. Further, it is also submitted that he has already applied for registration with the competent authority in this State, which is presently pending. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, subject to recognition of the degree as aforementioned of the petitioner and his Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.40202 of 2011 (3) dt.22-02-2012 2 / 2 2 registration with the Medical Council of the State, in the event of his arrest/surrender before the court below within four weeks, let the above named petitioner be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand only) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Gopalganj, in connection with Manjhagarh P.S. Case No. 141 of 2011, subject to condition laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure with additional condition to remain physically present before the court below till disposal of his application pending before the authority aforementioned and in case of failure on two consecutive dates without giving any reasonable explanation, the liberty granted shall be deemed to be cancelled. Praveen-II/- (Akhilesh Chandra, 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.