Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.19040 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Maulana Kamruddin @ Md. Kamruddin S/O Late Rahmat Mian Residents of Village- Mimain, P.S.- Khaira, District- Jamui. .... .... Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE JYOTI SARAN ORAL ORDER 2 12-06-2012 Heard learned counsel for the parties. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Khaira P.S. Case No. 23 of 2012 for offences punishable under [STATUTE] and Section 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that although the petitioner nowhere is either related with the informant or the accused but his name has been involved in the present proceedings merely because he acted as a Panch in the conciliation process. It is submitted that merely on the said ground petitioner has been charged by the informant of having obtained her signature on a blanksheet in the Panchayati that was held for resolution of the dispute. It is submitted that since the resolution failed between the informant and her husband, the petitioner acting as a Panch has been roped in the present proceedings. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.19040 of 2012 (2) dt.12-06-2012 2 / 2 2 Regard being had to the submission of learned counsel and having perused the materials on record, let the petitioner namely, Maulana Kamruddin @ Md. Kamruddin in the event of arrest or surrender within four weeks of receipt/production of a copy of this order be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jamui in connection with Khaira P.S. Case No. 23 of 2012 subject to the condition stipulated under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Bibhash/- (Jyoti Saran, 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.