Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.24593 of 2012 ====================================================== Sheela Devi .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 02/ 01-08-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner being the Headmistress of the school is apprehending her arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that the informant being the District Education Officer asked for a show cause with regard to not performing the duty properly and not maintaining the records with regard to fund of mid-day meal and dress, when the show cause was issued to the petitioner which was not found satisfactory and then the case has been lodged. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that none of the accusations are specific and when the show cause was not found satisfactory, the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.24593 of 2012 (2) dt.01-08-2012 2/2 informant has remedy to proceed with departmental proceeding. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named petitioner be released on anticipatory bail in the event of her arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today, 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, Araria in connection with Narpatganj P.S. Case No. 355 of 2011, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. DKS/ (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.