Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.6376 of 2012 ====================================================== Madan Ram .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 02/ 05-03-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that Anil Kumar Dubey being the Revenue Karmachari received money from different persons and issued forged rent receipts. It appears that the S.D.O. also conducted enquiry and found the accusation against the Revenue Karmachari and this petitioner is not beneficiary of forged rent receipt. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner is not the employee of Revenue Department and the direction was issued to lodge FIR against the Revenue Karamchari Anil Kumar Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.6376 of 2012 (2) dt.05-03-2012 2/2 Dubey the petitioner has also made accused. Considering the fact that thrust of accusation is against the Revenue Karamchari, let the above named petitioner be released on anticipatory bail in the event of his arrest or 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 Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bhabua (Kaimur) in connection with Durgawati P.S. Case No. 191 of 2011, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. DKS/ (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.