Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.40049 of 2012 ====================================================== Bindeshwari Chaudhary S/O Late Motilal Chaudhary R/O Village - Diwanganj, P.S. Raghopur, Distt. - Dupaul .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 01-11-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged in the F.I.R. that Rs.6,55,259/- was withdrawn by the Panchayat teacher and headmaster of the middle school but no DC bills were submitted. Petitioner was not named in the F.I.R. and his name sprang up during investigation as the person who assisted the F.I.R. named accused persons in misappropriating of money. It is submitted that money was withdrawn by the Panchayat teacher and headmaster which is alleged in the F.I.R. and it was the Panchayat teacher and headmaster to submit DC bills. A statement has been made in paragraph no.11 Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.40049 of 2012 (2) dt.01-11-2012 2 / 2 2 that the petition that the petitioner has no criminal antecedent. Considering the thrust of accusation against F.I.R. named accused persons, let the petitioner, above named, be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today in connection with Raghopur P.S. Case No. 50 of 2010 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned S.D.J.M., Birpur, Supaul, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. U.K./- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 409

Statute Text:
Section 409 of the Indian Penal Code. Criminal breach of trust by public servant or by banker, merchant or agent, etc. Whoever, being in any manner entrusted with property, or with any dominion over property in his capacity of a public servant or in the way of his business as a banker, merchant, factor, broker, attorney or agent, commits criminal breach of trust in respect of that property, 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.