Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.19941 of 2012 ====================================================== Santan Prasad S/O Late Lakhan Prasad Resident Of Mohalla- Patel Nagar (Behind Post Office), P.S.- Town, P.S.- Aurangabad, District- Aurangabad. .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State Of Bihar & Anr. .... .... Opposite Parties. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 7 03-12-2012 The matter is being adjourned since 04.09.2012 to resolve the issue. On 05.11.2012, the matter was adjourned for today as a last indulgence. Heard learned counsels for the petitioner, informant and the State. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that 05 decimals of land was transferred by the petitioner in favour of the informant when subsequently it was found that the land was earlier hypothecated to The State Bank of India. It is contended by learned counsel for the petitioner that the matter has been resolved between the parties. However, the said contention of the learned counsel for the petitioner is being Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.19941 of 2012 (7) dt.03-12-2012 2 / 2 2 controverted by the learned counsel for the informant. In the circumstances, let the petitioner, above named, be released on provisional anticipatory bail for six months in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today in connection with Aurangabad (T)P.S. Case No. 193 of 2011 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned C.J.M. Aurangabad (Bihar) subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The provisional bail of the petitioner shall be confirmed by the learned court below if the petitioner and the informant file any such application before the learned court below that the matter has been resolved between the parties. U.K./- (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.