Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.14926 of 2012 ====================================================== Sudarshan Singh .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 24-04-2012 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 the petitioner being revenue employee issued forged rent receipts and land possession certificate and when the Circle Officer informed this petitioner for verification the petitioner switched off the mobile. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner issued three rent receipts which are not forged and without verification of same from Register-II, F.I.R. has been lodged. It appears from the F.I.R. that for verification the petitioner failed to appear before the circle officer, F.I.R. has been lodged. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.14926 of 2012 (2) dt.24-04-2012 2 / 2 2 Considering the nature of accusation, let the petitioner, above named, be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today in connection with Dulhin Bazar P.S. Case No. 216 of 2011 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned A.C.J.M., Danapur(Patna), subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. 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.