Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.23029 of 2012 ====================================================== Satyendra Prasad Sinha .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 13-08-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner being the Sub-Postmaster is apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged against the petitioner that he released the amount of Rs. 31,32,454/- which was ultimately withdrawn by one Chunnu Singh. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner actually did not permitted the withdrawal rather the petitioner approved the transfer of amount with due permission of higher official. It is further submitted that others have been granted anticipatory bail by this Court vide Cr. Misc. No. 21589 of 2012. Considering the fact that the thrust of accusation is against Chunnu Singh, let the above named petitioner be released Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.23029 of 2012 (3) dt.13-08-2012 2/2 on anticipatory bail, 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 Addl. Chief Judicial Magistrate, Barh in connection with Bakhtiyarpur P.S. Case No. 343 of 2011, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Amrendra/- (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.