Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.12246 of 2012 ====================================================== Ravindra Kumar Verma .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 11-04-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences under [STATUTE] . It is alleged against the petitioner that he obtained appointment as Panchayat Teacher on the basis of forged marksheet as the petitioner obtained 567 in matriculation examination but the marksheet submitted by the petitioner reflects the marks as 667. The petitioner undertakes to return any amount which has been received by him pursuant to the appointment. Statement has been made in paragraph 14 of the petition that the petitioner has no criminal antecedent. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named petitioner be released on anticipatory bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of 12 Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.12246 of 2012 (2) dt.11-04-2012 2 / 2 2 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 the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jamui in connection with Sikandra P.S. Case No. 42 of 2011 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. The bail bond of the petitioner will be accepted on filing affidavit that the amount has been returned to the authorities received pursuant to the appointment. Anil/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

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.