Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.4261 of 2012 (3) dt.08-02-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.4261 of 2012 ====================================================== Shashi Kant .... .... Petitioner Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 03/ 08.02.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner is in jail custody since 9.9.2011 in a case registered under [STATUTE] . Admittedly, at the relevant time, the petitioner was working as teacher and it is stated that one Gupteshwar Ram prepared enhanced bill and transferred the amount of the aforesaid bill in the account of the petitioner which was later on, withdrawn by the aforesaid Gupteshwar Ram. Learned counsel for the petitioner points that the aforesaid Gupteshwar Ram has already been admitted to anticipatory bail by another bench of this court vide order dated 4.11.2011 passed in Cr. Misc. no. 26872/2011. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner, Shashi Kant, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Judicial Magistrate, Ist Class, Bhojpur at Ara in Ara Nawada P.S. Case no. 248/2011. Shahid (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.