Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.26640 of 2012 (2) dt.31-07-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.26640 of 2012 ====================================================== Tarachand Paswan .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 31-07-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner being Panchayat Secretary is apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and sections 3 and 4 of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act It is alleged that the informant’s name figured in the BPL list of 2007-08 of Mirjapur Grampanchayat when 18 others also requested for adding their names when subsequently the informant learnt that in connivance with Panchayat Mukhia, the petitioner prepared a forged and fabricated document and in conspiracy, withdrew rupees twenty five to thirty five thousand for each beneficiary total amounting to Rs.6,30,000 but on demand being made by the informant and others, they were abused and assaulted. It is submitted that the sanctioning authority under Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.26640 of 2012 (2) dt.31-07-2012 Indira Awas scheme is Grampanchayat Mukhia when accusation has been levelled for the period 15.9.2011 to 28.9.2011 whereas the petitioner was transferred from the post on 28.6.2010. Considering the fact that Mukhia of the Grampanchayat has been granted anticipatory bail vide Cr. Misc. No. 22934 of 2012, let the above named petitioner be released on anticipatory bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of twelve weeks from today on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Araria in connection with Bounsi P.S. Case No. 9 of 2011 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. 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.