Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.27382 of 2012 ====================================================== Vijay Shankar Singh .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 09-08-2012 Petitioner being panchayat secretary is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . Accusation is of purchase of solar lights at the higher price of 42,500/- instead of fixed price of Rs. 28,400/- and it was not purchased from the specified government agency. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that solar lights were purchased on approval of the resolution by the gram sabha which was being approved by the District Magistrate also when there was no proper instruction by the Block Office with regard to compulsory purchase of solar lights to be made from BPEDA and Beltron. It is further submitted that during investigation, it has found that no Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.27382 of 2012 (3) dt.09-08-2012 2 / 2 2 villager has supported the accusation. Considering the same, let the petitioner namely Vijay Shankar Singh, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail 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, Buxar in connection with Dhansoi P.S. Case No. 8 of 2012. Shageer/- (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.