Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.44490 of 2011 (4) dt.09-04-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No. 44490 of 2011 ====================================================== Ambika Paswan .... .... Petitioner Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE GOPAL PRASAD ORAL ORDER 4 09-04-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. This is a petition for grant of anticipatory bail in a case under [STATUTE] . The First Information Report is against one Chota Narayan Singh and it was alleged that the mid day meal was not being provided to the students for a week and on inquiry the complainant learnt that the headmaster was not giving mid day meal and on pressure the headmaster opened the godown of the school where 63 bags of rice was found. Learned counsel for the State, however, contended that the petitioner was In-Charge but the period has not been mentioned in the case diary. However, the inspection is alleged to be conducted on 24.07.2010 when Chota Narayan Singh was the Headmaster. However, under the facts and circumstances of the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.44490 of 2011 (4) dt.09-04-2012 case, let the above named petitioner be released on anticipatory bail in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of four weeks on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Nawada in connection with Kawakole P. S. Case No. 83 of 2010, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. Kundan/- (Gopal Prasad, 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.