Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.41673 of 2012 (3) dt.04-12-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.41673 of 2012 ====================================================== Prithvi Nath Pandey .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 03/ 04-12-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that the police went to execute the warrant against Kalawati Devi when Avinash, son of Birendra Ojha handed over to the police that the warrant has been recalled. Subsequently, it was found that the recall order was forged and Avinash admitted that the recall order was given to him by this petitioner. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the recall order no way suggests the complicity of this petitioner. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.41673 of 2012 (3) dt.04-12-2012 In view of this Court, it is a good case for consideration of regular bail, if the petitioner surrenders before the learned court below within a period of six weeks from today in connection with Ara Town P.S. Case No. 126 of 2012 pending in the court of learned CJM, Bhojpur at Ara. It is expected from the learned court below to dispose of the bail application of the petitioner preferably on the same day. With the aforesaid observation, this application is disposed of. Let the order be transmitted to the learned court below through fax at the cost of the petitioner. DKS/ (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J.)

Applicable IPC Section: 471

Statute Text:
Section 471 of the Indian Penal Code. Using as genuine a forged document which is known to be forged. Whoever fraudulently or dishonestly uses as genuine any document which he knows or has reason to believe to be a forged document, shall be punished in the same manner as if he had forged such document.