Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.15734 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Kabutari Devi 2. Kalawati Devi. 3. Indu Devi. 4. Nanhak Lohar. 5. Taramuni Devi. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 27-04-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioners are apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged against the petitioners that they obtained the money under Indira Awas Scheme for construction of the house by filing the false affidavit that they have no house to reside. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that the BPL list reflects the name of petitioner no.1 at serial no. 632 having identification no. 1838, name of petitioner no.2 at serial no. 81 having identification no. 718, name of petitioner no.3 at serial no. 636 having identification no. 1851, name of petitioner no. 4 at serial no.2 having identification no. 2847 and name of petitioner no.5 at serial no.135 having identification no. 1184 which shows that the petitioners have no house. The said BPL list has been Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.15734 of 2012 (2) dt.27-04-2012 2/2 issued with the signature of District Magistrate, D.D.C., Block Development Officer and Sub-divisional Officer, which shows the callous manner in which the administration is functioning. In view of this Court, the administration should have first take action against the persons who have put the name of these petitioners in the BPL list. Considering the aforesaid facts, 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, Buxar in connection with Brahampur P.S. Case No. 228 of 2011, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. 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.