Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.27979 of 2012 ====================================================== Raj Laxmi Devi .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== with Criminal Miscellaneous No.29761 of 2012 ====================================================== Udai Pratap Singh @ Udai Singh .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 07-08-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners being the Mukhiya and Panchayat Secretary are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The accusation is of appointing the panchayat teachers on miscalculation of marks-sheet. The miscalculation has been alleged since the marks of optional and additional papers were also calculated. It is submitted by learned senior counsel for the petitioners that the appeal of the petitioners is pending before the appellate forum. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.27979 of 2012 (2) dt.07-08-2012 2 / 2 2 Considering the nature of accusation, let the petitioners, above named, be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today in connection with Bihariganj P.S. Case No. 69 of 2008 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 C.J.M. Madhepura, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. U.K./- (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.