Returning this pointer from a function

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Allocate memory before using the pointer. If you don’t allocate memory *point = 12 is undefined behavior.

int *fun()
{
    int *point = malloc(sizeof *point); /* Mandatory. */
    *point=12;  
    return point;
}

Also your printf is wrong. You need to dereference (*) the pointer.

printf("%d", *ptr);
             ^

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