Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.14304 of 2011 (3) dt.07-08-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.14304 of 2011 ====================================================== 1. Manoj Kumar S/O Shri Ramjanam Ram District Manager, State Food Corporation Nawadah, District Nawadah And The Then S.D.O. Of Jamui Sub Division, District Jamui .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. Rajesh Das S/O Makhan Das Resident Of Village Karnjarh, P.S. Chandramadih, District Jamui .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Sanjay Kumar Singh, Adv. For the Opposite Party/s : Mrs. Ms. Pushpa Sinha, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SHIVAJI PANDEY ORAL ORDER 3 07-08-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. In this case, petitioner is challenging he FIR which has been lodged as Jamui P.S. Case No. 107 of2010 for the offences [STATUTE] the petitioner had got appointment by playing fraud. Counsel for the petitioner submits that there is no material with the prosecution to show that the petitioner has committed any fraud. At this stage, this court cannot look into the defence and give any opinion. Accordingly, this petition is dismissed. However Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.14304 of 2011 (3) dt.07-08-2012 liberty is given to the petitioner to raise all the points at the appropriate stage of trial. Jay/- (Shivaji Pandey, 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.