Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.16934 of 2012 (2) dt.11-05-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.16934 of 2012 ====================================================== Nand Kishor Singh .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 11-05-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that the petitioner obtained appointment of Panchayat Teacher on the basis of forged marksheet. It is submitted that now the petitioner has resigned from the service and is ready to return the amount which has been received by him in lieu of the aforesaid appointment. Considering the aforesaid stand, let the above named petitioner be released on provisional anticipatory bail for six months in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Begusarai in connection with Barauni P.S. Case No. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.16934 of 2012 (2) dt.11-05-2012 167 of 2010 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. In the meantime, the petitioner will return the entire amount received in lieu of the appointment within three months. The learned court below will confirm the provisional bail of the petitioner after the amount is returned to the authorities in its entirety. 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.