Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.10751 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Punam Devi 2. Somariya Devi. 3. Ram Ekawal Baitha. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 03-04-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioners being the Ward Member of the Panchayat are apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged against the petitioners that they misappropriated the relief grain to the tune of 82 quintals and Rs. 16,400/-. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that without verification about the distribution of the grains, the accusation has been levelled. Each of the petitioner is ready to deposit Rs. 15,000/- before the learned court below which will be invested in some fix deposit scheme in connection with present case which will be subject to the result of the case. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.10751 of 2012 (2) dt.03-04-2012 2/2 Considering the nature of accusation, let the above named petitioners be released on anticipatory bail, in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sitamarhi in connection with Saidpur P.S. Case No. 73 of 2011, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. The bail bond of the petitioners will be accepted by the learned court below on deposit of the aforesaid amount. Amrendra/- (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.