Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.36948 of 2012 ====================================================== Birbal Ram .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 28-09-2012 Petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that one Vidyawati Kunwar received the money with regard to Indira Awas Scheme with respect to one Lalmuni Devi, who died much prior to the date of receiving the money. It is alleged against the petitioner that he was the identifier of the bank account of Lalmuni Devi. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that money has already been returned. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the petitioner namely Birbal Ram, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.36948 of 2012 (2) dt.28-09-2012 2 / 2 2 each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Gopalganj in connection with Baikunthpur P.S. Case No. 165 of 2011. Shageer/- (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.