Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.44714 of 2011 Sankar Prasad @ Sankar Sah, S/O-Late Dhanik Lal Sah Versus The State Of Bihar ---------------------------------- 02 12.01.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner is in jail custody in a case registered under [STATUTE] . Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that neither petitioner executed any sale deed nor became witness on the alleged sale deed and moreover, the son of the petitioner executed the sale deed in question in respect of the lands which stood in his name. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Saharsa in connection with Saharsa Sadar P.S. Case No. 455 of 2011. SHAHZAD ( Hemant Kumar Srivastava, 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.