Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.21534 of 2012 (2) dt.11-06-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.21534 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Anand Kumar S/O Late Ram Sevak Prasad Verma Resident Of Village- Lorsa, Police Station- Parasbigha, District- Jehanabad .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHWANI KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 11-06-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with a case registered for the offence punishable under [STATUTE] . The allegation against the petitioner is that on the basis of forged appointment letter he submitted his joining in the office of the Civil Surgeon-cum-Chief Medical Officer, Saran, Chapra. On verification, the said letter of appointment was found to be a forged and fabricated document. Considering the serious nature of allegation, I am not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, prayer for grant of anticipatory bail is rejected. Md.S./- (Ashwani Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 420

Statute Text:
Section 420 of the Indian Penal Code. Cheating and there by dishonestly inducing delivery of property, or the making, alteration or destruction of a valuable security. Whoever cheats and thereby dishonestly induces the person deceived to deliver any property to any person, or to make, alter or destroy the whole or any part of a valuable security, or anything which is signed or sealed, and which is capable of being converted into a valuable security, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.