Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.48411 of 2012 ====================================================== Rajiv Ranjan @ Rajiv Ranjan Yadav .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Ajay Kumar Thakur & Mr. Imtiyaz Ahmad For the Opposite Party/s Mr. Ajay Kumar -2 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHAKRADHARI SHARAN SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 17-12-2012 Heard Mr. Ajay Kumar Thakur learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Ajay Kumar No.2 learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing on behalf of the State. Petitioner is in custody since 28-7-2012 in connection with Kaluahi P.S.Case No. 72/12 registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and prays for grant of regular bail in the present application. As per the prosecution case the police received a secret information that some miscreants had assembled at a particular place for commission of some offence. When the police reached the place, they found a man standing there in suspicious condition who after seeing the police started fleeing and on chase he was apprehended. He disclosed his name to be Rajiv Ranjan Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.48411 of 2012 (3) dt.17-12-2012 2 / 3 2 Yadav, the petitioner in the present application. As per allegation, at his instance the police conducted a raid at Loha Chowk wherefrom six persons with two motor-cycles were arrested. One Ramesh Sah was also arrested along with them from whose possession a stolen motor motor-cycle is said to have been recovered. Mr. Ajay Kumar Thakur, learned counsel appearing on behalf of petitioner submits that over and above the allegation that the petitioner was present at that place, there is no other material. He submits that there was no criminal case pending or instituted at the time of arrest but subsequent to arrest he has been implicated in three other criminal cases. He submits that other co- accused persons namely Ramesh Sah has been granted bail by this Court vide order dated 1-11-12 passed in Cr.Misc.No. 40333 of 2012. He submits that the case of the petitioner is on better footing than that of Ramesh Sah. Learned counsel appearing for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for bail and has contended that there is a gang which is involved in the commission of so many crimes of theft of vehicles and therefore submits that the petitioner should not be granted bail. However, in view of the fact that co-accused Ramesh Sah has been granted bail by this Court, let petitioner Rajiv Ranjan @ Rajiv Ranjan Yadav be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Madhubani in connection with Kaluahi P.S.Case No. 72/12/ Naresh/- (Chakradhari Sharan Singh, J) Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.48411 of 2012 (3) dt.17-12-2012 3 / 3 3

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.