Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Writ No.551 of 2011 ====================================================== Ram Narayan Mistri .... .... Petitioner Versus The State Of Bihar & Ors .... .... Respondents ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHWANI KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 4 11-09-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. The petitioner has been made an accused in Gardanibagh(Sachivalaya) P.S.Case No.465 of 2003 dated 19.07.2003 instituted for the offence punishable under [STATUTE] . While arguing the case, it has been submitted on behalf of the petitioner that the police on conclusion of investigation has already submitted its report under Section 173(2)of the Code of Criminal Procedure before the court concerned finding the allegation to be true. In the present writ, a prayer has been made to quash the aforesaid FIR and to issue a writ of mandamus directing the respondents to pay compensation of Rs.15 lakhs together with interest at the rate of 12 per cent per annum from the date of custody of the petitioner in connection with the said case. In my view, the writ petition is misconceived. Since, Patna High Court CR. WJC No.551 of 2011 (4) dt.11-09-2012 2 in a cognizable offence reported to the police, the petitioner was apprehended and remanded to judicial custody and the case on investigation was found true by the police, the prayer made on behalf of the petitioner cannot be allowed. It is dismissed, accordingly. B.Kr./- (Ashwani 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.