Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.25466 of 2012 (2) dt.25-07-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.25466 of 2012 ====================================================== Manju Devi .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 25-07-2012 Petitioner is apprehending her arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that for non-fulfilment of the dowry demand the informant’s daughter was killed by the husband for which a separate case was lodged. It is further alleged that 1 ½ kathas of lad was purchased in the name of the husband of the victim which was to be transferred to the grand children of the informant but it was not being transferred and the land was subsequently sold by the husband of the victim. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that thrust of accusation is against the husband of the victim who has been granted regular bail vide Cr. Misc. No. 2550 of 2012. I see no reason for learned Court below not to give the same privilege to the petitioner, if the petitioner surrenders within a period of six weeks in connection with Saharsa Sadar P.S. Case No. 455 of 2011, pending in the Court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Saharsa. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.25466 of 2012 (2) dt.25-07-2012 With the observations above, the application stands disposed off. Let the order of this Court be transmitted through FAX to the learned Court below at the cost of the petitioner. Shageer/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 468

Statute Text:
Section 468 of the Indian Penal Code. Forgery for the purpose of cheating. Whoever commits forgery, intending that the document forged shall be used for the purpose of cheating, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.