Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.40234 of 2012 (2) dt.06-11-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.40234 of 2012 ====================================================== Adhar Kumar Kashyap .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 06-11-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner being Branch Manager is apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that the fund provided for repairing and construction of the houses of flood victim was misappropriated. It is alleged against the petitioner that he made payment to two fictitious persons to the tune of Rs.20000 in place of actual beneficiaries. It is submitted that the two beneficiaries have received Rs.10000 each vide cheque nos. 889196 and 889181 and despite the fact that the petitioner is not named in the FIR the petitioner has deposited Rs.20000 in the office of the Circle Officer, Basantpur, Supaul. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named petitioner be released on anticipatory bail in the event of arrest or Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.40234 of 2012 (2) dt.06-11-2012 surrender before the learned Court below within a period of twelve weeks from today on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned SDJM, Birpur at Supaul in connection with Birpur P.S. Case No. 42 of 2011 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Anil/- (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.