Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.21534 of 2012 (2) dt.11-06-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.21534 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Anand Kumar S/O Late Ram Sevak Prasad Verma Resident Of Village- Lorsa, Police Station- Parasbigha, District- Jehanabad .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHWANI KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 11-06-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with a case registered for the offence punishable under [STATUTE] . The allegation against the petitioner is that on the basis of forged appointment letter he submitted his joining in the office of the Civil Surgeon-cum-Chief Medical Officer, Saran, Chapra. On verification, the said letter of appointment was found to be a forged and fabricated document. Considering the serious nature of allegation, I am not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, prayer for grant of anticipatory bail is rejected. Md.S./- (Ashwani 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.