Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.5072 of 2012 ====================================================== Shambhu Choudhary .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 22-02-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner, informant and the State. The petitioner is languishing in custody since 09.02.2011 in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and Section 3(I) (X) of the of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. It is alleged against the petitioner that on his identification, from the bank account of the informant, Rs. 24,000/- under the Indira Awas Scheme were withdrawn. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the investigation is complete. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.5072 of 2012 (2) dt.22-02-2012 2 / 2 2 named petitioner be released on bail, on furnishing the bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Darbhanga in connection with Simri P.S. Case No. 182 of 2011. Amrendra/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 167

Statute Text:
Section 167 of the Indian Penal Code. Public servant framing an incorrect document with intent to cause injury. Whoever, being a public servant, and being, as such public servant, charged with the preparation or translation of any document, frames or translates that document in a manner which he knows or believes to be incorrect, intending thereby to cause or knowing it to be likely that he may thereby cause injury to any person, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.