Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.9405 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Md. Israfil Ansari, 2. Bibi Gulnaz Khatoon, 3. Sanaullah Ansari alias Rahimullah Ansari .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 27-03-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners are apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged against petitioner no. 3 that he impersonating himself as Rahimullah Ansari executed sale deed with regard to the land which was purchased in the name of Rahimullah and another son who subsequently died. The sale deed was executed by petitioner no. 3 in favour of petitioner no. 2 and petitioner no. 3 is a witness to the sale deed. It is submitted that for the same dispute, Title Suit No. 81/2010 is pending. 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 Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.9405 of 2012 (2) dt.27-03-2012 2 / 2 2 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 Judicial Magistrate, Sitamarhi in connection with Complaint Case No. C-I/479/2010 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. It is made clear that the grant of bail to the petitioners, in no way, will justify the action of petitioner no. 3 in executing the sale deed. Anil/- (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.