Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.24090 of 2012 (2) dt.16-07-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.24090 of 2012 ====================================================== Mantoo Yadav .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 02/ 16.07.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner is in jail custody since 12.3.2012 in a case registered under [STATUTE] and 3(I) (VI) (2) (VII) of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. The contention on behalf of the petitioner is that petitioner was a petty contractor at the relevant time and he had no concern with the payment of the labourers and, as a matter of fact, payment of labourers had been deposited in post office from where they withdrew their payment. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner, Mantoo Yadav, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bhagalpur in Jagdishpur (Goradih) P.S. Case no. 150/2011. Shahid (Hemant Kumar Srivastava,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.