India, March 28 -- When Haribhau Chemte, a Pune resident accused in a forgery and copyright violation case, secured pre-arrest bail from Bombay high court on January 17, none realised that anything was amiss. But by the time the police and court realised that he had secured the bail using a fake court order with a forged signature of a Pune judge, Chemte was already absconding.

"He faked a court order under section 169 of the CrPC, bearing the forged signature of a first class judicial magistrate, and submitted the fraudulent handwritten order to the high court to secure bail," said an officer, quoting the fresh FIR against Chemte registered on Tuesday.

Section 169 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) allows for the release of an ac...