Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.7076 of 2012 (2) dt.12-03-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.7076 of 2012 ====================================================== Atul Kumar Pandey @ Atul Pandey .... .... Petitioner Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 12-03-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered under [STATUTE] . The accusation is of taking Rs. 4,84,000/- loan from the informant when two cheques were issued which got bounced. The petitioner is ready to repay the whole amount within a period of one year. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the said amount would be deposited by the petitioner by way of draft before the learned court below which will be released in favour of the informant. Considering the stand of the petitioner, 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 12 weeks from today in connection with Gardanibagh P.S.Case No.210 of 2011 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.7076 of 2012 (2) dt.12-03-2012 (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Patna, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2)of the Cr.P.C. The bail bond of the petitioner will be provisionally accepted till he deposits the entire amount. B.Kr./- (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.