Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.28177 of 2012 (2) dt.03-08-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.28177 of 2012 ====================================================== Ganga Ram Sah .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 02/ 03.08.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner is in jail custody since 26.3.2012 in a case registered under [STATUTE] on the allegation that he collected commission from the beneficiaries of the government schemes. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that, as a matter of fact, petitioner used to oppose the illegal activity of the Mukhiya and Panchayat Secretary and on account of the aforesaid reason the Mukhiya and Panchayat Secretary got lodged this false case and moreover, so-called effected persons have already sworn affidavit before the learned trial court showing false implication of the petitioner in the alleged crime. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner, Ganga Ram Sah, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Begusarai in Neema Chandpura P.S. Case no. 11/2012. Shahid (Hemant Kumar Srivastava,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.