Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.691 of 2012 (3) dt.13-04-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.691 of 2012 ====================================================== Hari Shankar Pathak .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 13-04-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner being the Headmaster of the school is apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged against the petitioner that he allowed one Chandra Bhushan to teach in the school in place of Rajesh Kumar Singh when Rajesh Kumar Singh used to make certain payments to Chandra Bhushan. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that there is nothing on record to suggest that any payment was made to Chandra Bhushan. Considering the fact that the thrust of accusation is against Rajesh Kumar Singh, 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 weeks from Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.691 of 2012 (3) dt.13-04-2012 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, Buxar in connection with Rajpur P.S. Case No. 115 of 2011, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Amrendra/- (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.