Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.7053 of 2012 ====================================================== Parmeshwar Yadav .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 13-03-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner being the then Panchayat Secretary is apprehending arrest in a case registered under [STATUTE] . It is alleged against the petitioner that he along with Panchayat Mukhia conferred the benefit under Indira Awas scheme to the persons who already availed the benefit under the said scheme. It is submitted that the petitioner, as Panchayat Secretary, was only responsible to forward the application along with the affidavit filed by the prospective beneficiaries and the earlier records with regard to all the six persons who availed the benefits twice, were not available in the office of Panchayat Office and the list was prepared on the basis of declaration filed by the prospective benefits on affidavit. Considering the fact that the thrust of accusation is Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.7053 of 2012 (2) dt.13-03-2012 2 / 2 2 against the beneficiaries, let the above named petitioner, 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) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Darbhanga in connection with Darbhanga Sadar (Mabbi) P.S. Case No. 377/2011 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Anil/- (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.