Madhya Pradesh High Court: Marksheet not "valuable security" for forgery prosecution U/s 467 IPC

The Madhya Pradesh High Court in the case Ghanshyam Patel versus The State of Madhya Pradesh observed that a marksheet cannot be considered to be a "valuable security" for the purpose of Section 467 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860.

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The bench headed by Justice Sujoy Paul observed while placing reliance on the jurisprudence laid down in the subject matter concerned.

The Division bench in the case Mahendra Kumar Shukla (supra) observed and has followed the ratio decidendi laid down by the Apex Court in the case Shriniwas Pandit Dharmadhikari vs. State of Maharashtra and has come to hold that marksheet is not a valuable security' within the meaning of Section 467 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. The court is bound with the aforesaid judgment and in view of said judgment constraint to hold that the charge against the applicant under Section 467 of the IPC is not sustainable.

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