Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.33098 of 2011 (4) dt.30-01-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.33098 of 2011 ====================================================== Dilip Kumar Singh @ Dilip Singh .... .... Petitioner Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner : Mr. Digvijay Narayan Singh For the Opposite Party : Mr. Mani Madhukar, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA) ----------- 04/ 30.01.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner is in jail custody since 7.7.2011 in a case registered under [STATUTE] . Admittedly, no stolen vehicle has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner and it is stated that document relating to vehicle bearing registration no. MP-17A 5084 was recovered from the house of the petitioner. It is contended by learned counsel for the petitioner that aforesaid vehicle bearing registration no. MP-17A 5084 has been purchased by the petitioner from one B.N. Subbana and, therefore, none of the offences are applicable against the petitioner. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as period of detention of the petitioner in jail custody, let the petitioner, Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.33098 of 2011 (4) dt.30-01-2012 Dilip Kumar Singh @ Dilip Singh, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Patna in Gardanibagh P.S. Case no. 156/2011. Shahid Hassan (Hemant Kumar Srivastava,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.