Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.21534 of 2012 (2) dt.11-06-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.21534 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Anand Kumar S/O Late Ram Sevak Prasad Verma Resident Of Village- Lorsa, Police Station- Parasbigha, District- Jehanabad .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHWANI KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 11-06-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with a case registered for the offence punishable under [STATUTE] . The allegation against the petitioner is that on the basis of forged appointment letter he submitted his joining in the office of the Civil Surgeon-cum-Chief Medical Officer, Saran, Chapra. On verification, the said letter of appointment was found to be a forged and fabricated document. Considering the serious nature of allegation, I am not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, prayer for grant of anticipatory bail is rejected. Md.S./- (Ashwani 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.