Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.3741 of 2012 (2) dt.07-02-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.3741 of 2012 ====================================================== Pramod Kumar .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner : Mr. Chandra Mohan Jha, Advocate. For the Opposite Party : Mr. Uday Chand Prasad, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 07-02-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that Dr. Krishna Prasad was performing surgery without having any medical degree. It is alleged against the petitioner that the petitioner being the brother of Dr. Krishna Prasad was assisting him. It appears that Dr. Krishna Prasad has been granted regular bail vide Cr. Misc. No. 44937 of 2011. I see no reason for the learned court below not to give same privilege to the petitioner if the petitioner surrenders and prays for regular bail within a period of six weeks from today. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.3741 of 2012 (2) dt.07-02-2012 It is expected from the learned court below that regular bail application of petitioner will be disposed off preferably on the same day in connection with Lauria P.S. Case No. 196 of 2011 pending in the court of the learned C.J.M., West Champaran, Bettiah. With this observation, the application is disposed off. Let the order be faxed to the learned court below at the cost of the petitioner. U.K./- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, 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.