Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.1476 of 2012 Mahendra Paswan son of Late Mahanath Paswan, resident of village Dullitpatti, P.S.Jai Nagar, Distt.Madhubani Versus The State Of Bihar ---------------------------------- 02/ 11.01.2012 Heard Mr. Gagan Deo Yadav, learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State. The petitioner is a named accused of a case which has been registered for offences under [STATUTE] . The Block Development Officer, Ladaniya Block has alleged that the beneficiaries of Indira Awas Yojana scheme were wrongly identified. Submission is that the petitioner has been falsely implicated. He had no role in the offence. He is in custody since 27.08.2011. 2 Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, let the above named petitioner be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(Rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Madhubani in Ladaniya P.S.Case No. 02 of 2011. Tahir/- (Shyam Kishore Sharma, 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.