Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.22107 of 2012 (3) dt.12-12-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.22107 of 2012 ====================================================== Gautam Kumar Paswan @ Gautam Paswan .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Lakshmi Kant Sharma, Adv. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Uma Shankar Pd. Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 03/ 12-12-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner being the Panchayat Sewak is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . During enquiry it was found that in place of Rs.6,00,000/-, Rs.4,00,000/- has found to be in cash book when Rs.2,00,000/- has been misappropriated in lieu of Panchayat Mukhiya. Let the learned court below consider the regular bail of the petitioner, if the petitioner surrenders before the learned court below within a period of six weeks from today in connection with Akangarsarai P.S. Case No. 84 of 2011 pending in Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.22107 of 2012 (3) dt.12-12-2012 the court of learned CJM, Nalanda. With the aforesaid observation, this application is disposed of. Let the order be transmitted to the learned court below through fax at the cost of the petitioner. DKS/ (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.