Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.12052 of 2012 (2) dt.21-03-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.12052 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Saket Kumar S/O Raj Kumar Sah @ Lucho Sah Resident Of Village- Harrakh, P.S.- Town, Distt.- Begusarai .... .... Petitioner. Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner : Dr. Amrendra Kumar, No. I, Advocate. For the Opposite Party : Md. Arif, APP. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SHYAM KISHORE SHARMA ORAL ORDER 2 21-03-2012 Heard learned Counsel for the petitioner and the State. Altogether five persons including the petitioner and others are named as accused of the case which has been registered under [STATUTE] . Md. Insan reported that on 20th of June 2011, he deposited Rs. 20,000/- in “Rashtriya Swarnim Rojgar Mission”, Begusarai at the behest of the banker Kameshwar Paswan, CMD of the Bank Abdur Rahma and agent Saket Kumar. After completion of 60 days, the informant requested the CMD and agent for grant of loan but they deferred the matter and subsequently the informant found the office bearers including Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.12052 of 2012 (2) dt.21-03-2012 CMD missing. It has been alleged that all the accused persons have committed fraud. Submission is that co-accused Anil Kumar and Pawan Kumar have been admitted to bail by this Court. It has also been submitted that the petitioner is a man of fair antecedent. Prayer for bail has been opposed by learned Counsel appearing on behalf of the State. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the above named petitioner is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate/court concerned, Begusarai in connection with Begusarai Town P.S. Case No. 456 of 2011. KKSINHA/- (Shyam Kishore Sharma, 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.