Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.27044 of 2012 ====================================================== Prakash Rajhans .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 02-08-2012 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 in the physical test for recruitment of Constable, one Manoranjan Kumar Singh appeared in place of petitioner. It is submitted that the petitioner had no knowledge about appearance of Manoranjan Kumar Singh. This Court is not inclined to interfere since the case was instituted in 2004. Let the learned court below consider regular bail of the petitioner preferably on the same day if he surrenders within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of copy of this order in connection Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.27044 of 2012 (2) dt.02-08-2012 2 / 2 2 with Gardanibagh P.S. Case No. 704 of 2004 pending in the court of the learned C.J.M., Patna. With this observation, the application is disposed off. Let the order be faxed to the learned court below at the cost of the petitioner. U.K./- (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.