Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.16750 of 2008 ====================================================== Shri Parmanand Upadhyay @ Pracharya, son of late Bhagwat Upadhaya, resident of village and P.S. Asarganj, District Munger. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAKESH KUMAR ORAL ORDER 6 06-02-2012 Heard Shri Rajesh Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioner and Shri Mukeshwar Daya, learned Additional Public Prosecutor. The present petition has been filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure with a prayer to quash an order of cognizance which was passed long back on24.7.2007. By the said order, the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Incharge in G.R. No.516 of 2001 has taken cognizance of offence under [STATUTE] . Earlier in this case, case diary was also called for. I have perused the materials on Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.16750 of 2008 (6) dt.06-02-2012 2 record. I do not find any ground for interference with the order of cognizance. Accordingly, the petition stands rejected. However, if so advised, petitioner may raise the plea which has been taken in the present petition or any other point available to the petitioner at appropriate stage. With above observation and direction, the petition stands dismissed. N.H./- (Rakesh Kumar, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 467

Statute Text:
Section 467 of the Indian Penal Code. Forgery of a valuable security, will or authority to make or transfer any valuable security, or to receive any money, etc. Whoever forges a document which purports to be a valuable security or a will, or an authority to adopt a son, or which purports to give authority to any person to make or transfer any valuable security, or to receive the principal, interest or dividends thereon, or to receive or deliver any money, movable property, or valuable security, or any document purporting to be an acquittance or receipt acknowledging the payment of money, or an acquittance or receipt for the delivery of any movable property or valuable security, shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.