Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.27044 of 2012 ====================================================== Prakash Rajhans .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 02-08-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that in the physical test for recruitment of Constable, one Manoranjan Kumar Singh appeared in place of petitioner. It is submitted that the petitioner had no knowledge about appearance of Manoranjan Kumar Singh. This Court is not inclined to interfere since the case was instituted in 2004. Let the learned court below consider regular bail of the petitioner preferably on the same day if he surrenders within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of copy of this order in connection Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.27044 of 2012 (2) dt.02-08-2012 2 / 2 2 with Gardanibagh P.S. Case No. 704 of 2004 pending in the court of the learned C.J.M., Patna. With this observation, the application is disposed off. Let the order be faxed to the learned court below at the cost of the petitioner. 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.