Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.46769 of 2012 ====================================================== Mithlesh Kumar @ Mithilesh Kumar .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 12-12-2012 Petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . and Section ¾ of the Examination Control Act. It is alleged that one Santosh Kumar was appearing in place of the petitioner in the competitive examination conducted by the State Bank of India. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that petitioner had no knowledge about Santosh Kumar appearing in his place when he was not found in the examination centre and the non-grant of bail will jeopardize the carrier of the petitioner. Considering the same, let the petitioner namely Mithlesh Kumar @ Mithilesh Kumar, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of 12 weeks Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.46769 of 2012 (2) dt.12-12-2012 2 / 2 2 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, Bhagalpur in connection with Nath Nagar P.S. Case No. 96 of 2012. The bail bonds of the petitioner will be accepted on filing affidavit that he will cooperate in the investigation. Let the aforesaid affidavit be transmitted to the concerned I.O. by learned Court below. Non-cooperation in the investigation will give liberty to the prosecution to file appropriate application for cancellation of bail of the petitioner. 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.