Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.38656 of 2011 (3) dt.25-01-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.38656 of 2011 ====================================================== Ashok Mandal, S/O-Late Jhabar Mandal .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA) 3 25-01-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner is in jail custody since 09.09.2011 in a case registered under [STATUTE] . Although, petitioner is named in the first information report but it would appear from perusal of enquiry report of Director, N.R.E.P. that in course of enquiry it was only found against the petitioner that he too attempted to withdraw the amount meant for Indira Awas Yojna but could not succeed in his attempt. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.38656 of 2011 (3) dt.25-01-2012 Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jhanjharpur, Madhubani in connection with Khutauna P.S. Case No. 44 of 2011. SHAHZAD/- (Hemant Kumar Srivastava, 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.