Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.16750 of 2008 ====================================================== Shri Parmanand Upadhyay @ Pracharya, son of late Bhagwat Upadhaya, resident of village and P.S. Asarganj, District Munger. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAKESH KUMAR ORAL ORDER 6 06-02-2012 Heard Shri Rajesh Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioner and Shri Mukeshwar Daya, learned Additional Public Prosecutor. The present petition has been filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure with a prayer to quash an order of cognizance which was passed long back on24.7.2007. By the said order, the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Incharge in G.R. No.516 of 2001 has taken cognizance of offence under [STATUTE] . Earlier in this case, case diary was also called for. I have perused the materials on Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.16750 of 2008 (6) dt.06-02-2012 2 record. I do not find any ground for interference with the order of cognizance. Accordingly, the petition stands rejected. However, if so advised, petitioner may raise the plea which has been taken in the present petition or any other point available to the petitioner at appropriate stage. With above observation and direction, the petition stands dismissed. N.H./- (Rakesh Kumar, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 466

Statute Text:
Section 466 of the Indian Penal Code. Forgery of a record of a court of Justice or of a Registrar of Births, etc., kept by a public servant. Whoever forges a document, purporting to be a record or proceeding of or in a Court of Justice, or a register of birth, baptism, marriage or burial, or a register kept by a public servant as such, or a certificate or document purporting to be made by a public servant in his official capacity, or an authority to institute or defend a suit, or to take any proceedings therein, or to confess judgment, or a power of attorney, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.