Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.5233 of 2012 (4) dt.10-05-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.5233 of 2012 ====================================================== Barmeshwar Nath Pandey .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 04/ 10.05.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner is in jail custody since 15.3.2011 in a case registered under [STATUTE] on the charges that he defalcated government money to the tune of Rs 3,66,300/-. The learned trial court has reported that charge has already been framed against the petitioner but up till now, not a single prosecution witness has been examined and charge sheet contains the names of seven prosecution witnesses. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as period of detention of the petitioner in jail custody, let the petitioner, Barmeshwar Nath Pandey, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Sri Manoj Kumar, Judicial Magistrate, Bhojpur at Ara in Sikarhata P.S. Case no. 59/2010. Shahid (Hemant Kumar Srivastava,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.