Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.32140 of 2012 ====================================================== Arbind Kumar .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== with Criminal Miscellaneous No.32268 of 2012 ====================================================== Arbind Kumar .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 05-09-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner being the Ex-Branch Manager of Bank of Baroda is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that the F.I.R. named accused persons took loan Rs. 9,50,000/- and Rs. 10,00,000/- respectively which were sanctioned on 30.11.2006 and 13.10.2006 respectively. Subsequently, the loanees defaulted when legal action was taken then it was found that security documents supplied by the loanees were forged when it was alleged against this Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.32140 of 2012 (2) dt.05-09-2012 2 / 2 2 petitioner that the petitioner being the Ex-Branch Manager of the bank approved loan on the basis of forged security documents. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that petitioner is not named in the F.I.R., and security documents were approved by the Legal Advisor of the Bank and then loans were sanctioned when loanees are identified and are contesting the case. Considering the thrust of accusation against the loanees, let the petitioner 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 Mansahi P.S. Case Nos. 79 of 2010 and 80 of 2010 respectively 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. Katihar, 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: 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.