Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.24260 of 2012 (3) dt.12-12-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.24260 of 2012 ====================================================== Abhimanu Chaudhary .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 03/ 12-12-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner being the Panchayat Secretary is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that the petitioner was entrusted Rs.1,62,500/- for fixing 50 hand pumps, out of which he fixed only 18 hand pumps and the balance amount was misappropriated. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner has deposited Rs.61,626/- in Panchayat account on 01.12.2011. The same fact has been incorporated in the case diary, which has been accepted by the learned APP. The petitioner undertakes to deposit Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.24260 of 2012 (3) dt.12-12-2012 Rs.50,000/- before the learned court below, which will be invested in some fixed deposit scheme by the learned court below in connection with the present case, which will be subject to the result of the case. On deposit of the aforesaid amount, 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 CJM, Jehanabad in connection with Karpi P.S. Case No. 22 of 2012, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. DKS/ (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.