Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.5456 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Ram Chandra Mahto 2. Deepak Kumar Mahto @ Deepak Kumar. 3. Dinesh Mahto 4. Pramod Kumar .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== With Criminal Miscellaneous No.5783 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Ram Kumar Singh 2. Raj Kishore Mahto 3. Ram Naresh Singh .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 27-02-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners are apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.5456 of 2012 (2) dt.27-02-2012 2 / 2 2 It is alleged against the petitioners that they produced the documents with forged signature of Halka Karamchari for obtaining the land possession certificate. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that the land possession certificate was not issued to the petitioners. Considering the nature of accusation, let the above named petitioners, be released on anticipatory bail, in the event arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Samastipur in connection with Khanpur P.S. Case No. 11 of 2011, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Amrendra/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 469

Statute Text:
Section 469 of the Indian Penal Code. Forgery for the purpose of harming the reputation of any person or knowing that it is likely to be used for that purpose. Whoever commits forgery, intending that the document forged shall harm the reputation of any party, or knowing that it is likely to be used for that purpose, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, and shall also be liable to fine.