Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.2087 of 2012 ====================================================== Arun Sah .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH) 2 23-01-2012 Petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences under [STATUTE] . Accusation is of committing irregularities in executing the scheme under MANREGA. The specific accusation is of using JCB machine instead of using manual labour and conducting work at different place than the required place. Petitioner was one of the executing agent. It appears that after enquiry the F.I.R. was lodged and in the enquiry, nothing was alleged against the petitioner, hence petitioner was not named in the F.I.R. It is further submitted that others have been granted anticipatory bail and the investigation is still pending against the petitioner. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the petitioner namely Arun Sah, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail 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, Munger in connection with Dharhara P.S. Case No. 87 of 2010. The bail bond of the petitioner will be accepted by learned Court below on affidavit being filed that he will cooperate in the investigation. Let the said affidavit be send to I.O. by learned Court below. SHAGEER/- (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.