Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.8542 of 2012 ====================================================== Shakti Kumar Das .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 21-03-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is languishing in jail since 30.6.2011 in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged against the petitioner who was the Branch Manager of the non-banking institution, namely, Rastriya Swarmim Rozgar mission (Star Maker), who misappropriated the money of the investors. In paragraph 12 of the petition, it has been stated that the petitioner has no criminal antecedent. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named petitioner be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.8542 of 2012 (2) dt.21-03-2012 2 / 2 2 amount each to the satisfaction of the learned S.D.J.M. Purnea in K. Hat (Madhubani) P.S. Case No. 257 of 2011. Anil/- (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.