Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.30172 of 2012 ====================================================== Kedar Nath Mishra .... .... Petitioners. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== with Criminal Miscellaneous No.33308 of 2012 ====================================================== Awadh Bihari Singh Son Of Late Ramdhari Singh Resident Of Village - Kurmuri, P.S. - Sikarahatta, District – Bhojpur. .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== Appearance : (In Cr.Misc. No.30172 of 2012) For the Petitioner : Dr. Anjani Pd. Singh, Advocate. For the Opposite Party : Mrs. Asha Devi, A.P.P. (In Cr.Misc. No.33308 of 2012) For the Petitioner : Dr. Anjani Pd. Singh, Advocate. For the Opposite Party : Mrs. Asha Devi, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 4 15-10-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners being the Panchayat Mukhiya and Panchayat Secretary are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The accusation is of misappropriating money under MANREGA Scheme, diesel subsidy, fixation of Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.30172 of 2012 (4) dt.15-10-2012 2 / 3 2 solar lights and construction of road. It is submitted by learned senior counsel for the petitioners that with regard to scheme no. 02 of 2008-09 the accusation for shifting the scheme, proper order was not obtained and with regard to filling of earth under MAMREGA Scheme, the witnesses in paragraph nos. 18 and 20 of the case diary have sated that they were paid when witness in paragraph no. 42 of the case diary has stated that the solar lights have been fixed and it was working when the witnesses in paragraph nos. 23 and 24 of the case diary have stated that the diesel subsidy was appropriately made to claimants. The petition of the informant dated 06.10.2012 who is the Block Development Officer has been brought on record as Annexure-1 to the supplementary affidavit filed before the learned C.J.M., Bhojpur, whereby the informant has stated that subsequent to lodging of the present case it was found that the irregularities have been removed by the accused persons. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the petitioners, above named, be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today in connection with Charpokhari P.S. Case No. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.30172 of 2012 (4) dt.15-10-2012 3 / 3 3 67 of 2012 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned C.J.M. Bhojpur at Ara, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. U.K./- (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.