Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.31700 of 2012 (4) dt.26-11-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.31700 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Neeta Prasad W/O Shri Satish Chandra Prasad R/O Mohalla - A.G. Colony, Beside Road No. - 4, Nutan Sahkari Grih Nirman Samiti, P.S. Shastrinagar, Town & District - Patna 2. Satish Chandra Prasad S/O Late Hari Nath Prasad R/O Mohalla - A.G. Colony, Beside Road No. - 4, Nutan Sahkari Grih Nirman Samiti, P.S. Shastrinagar, Town & District - Patna .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 4 26-11-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners, informant- bank and the State. The petitioners are apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged against the petitioners that they took loan of rupees ten lacs from Bank of Baroda on the basis of a forged title deed. The petitioners undertake to deposit the entire loan amount along with up to date interest within one year. Considering the aforesaid stand, let the above named petitioners be released on provisional anticipatory bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.31700 of 2012 (4) dt.26-11-2012 period of twelve weeks from today on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned CJM, Patna in connection with Kotwali P.S. Case No. 16 of 2011 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. The bail bonds of the petitioners will be accepted on deposit of rupees fifty thousand and the provisional bail will be confirmed by the learned court below on deposit of the entire amount. The said amount will be released in favour of the bank on the undertaking of the bank that it will not only withdraw the present prosecution against the petitioners but also before the DRTA. 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.