Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.29663 of 2011 (5) dt.13-04-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No. 29663 of 2011 ====================================================== Shailendra Kumar .... .... Petitioner Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE GOPAL PRASAD ORAL ORDER 5 13-04-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. This is a petition for grant of anticipatory bail in a case under [STATUTE] . The matter concerned with grant of loan to one of the co- accused and petitioner became the guarantor and the paper filed on behalf of this petitioner as security for the loan was found to be forged. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the papers were verified by Aswani Kumari Singh, Advocate of the Bank. Learned counsel for the State submits that the petitioner is the brother of the loanee. Hence, having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, I am not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, his prayer for anticipatory bail is rejected. Kundan/- (Gopal Prasad, 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.