Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.39178 of 2012 (3) dt.31-10-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.39178 of 2012 ====================================================== Manish Kumar, S/O-Bindeshwari Singh .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 3 31-10-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner is in jail custody since 18.08.2012 in a case registered under [STATUTE] on the charges that he got employment on the basis of fake certificate. The contention on behalf of the petitioner is that the certificate in question was not fake and, at best, it can be said that the aforesaid certificate was not recognized by the authority concerned. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, East Champaran at Motihari in connection with Complaint Case No. C-481 of 2012. SHAHZAD/- (Hemant Kumar Srivastava, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 477

Statute Text:
Section 477 of the Indian Penal Code. Fraudulently destroying or defacing, or attempting to destroy or deface, or secreting, a will, etc. Whoever fraudulently or dishonestly, or with intent to cause damage or injury to the public or to any person, cancels, destroys or defaces, or attempts to cancel, destroy or deface, or secretes or attempts to secrete any document which is or purports to be a will, or an authority to adopt a son, or any valuable security, or commits mischief in respect of such document, shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.