Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.4263 of 2012 ====================================================== Sheo Shankar Prasad .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 04/ 05-04-2012 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 fictitious list of the prospective beneficiaries of Indira Awas was prepared by Mukhiya and Panchayat Secretary which was forwarded by this petitioner being the Block Welfare Officer. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that on the basis of the said list which was not prepared by the petitioner no benefit under the scheme was conferred. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.4263 of 2012 (4) dt.05-04-2012 2/2 Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named petitioner be released on anticipatory bail in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, West Champaran at Bettiah in connection with Majhaulia P.S. Case No. 328 of 2011, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. The bail bond of the petitioner will be accepted on verification of the fact that no payments were made in pursuance to select list of the prospective Indira Awas beneficiaries verified by the petitioner. DKS/ (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.