Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.12857 of 2012 ====================================================== Mrs. Sweta .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 6 01-11-2012 Petitioner is apprehending her arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken under [STATUTE] . and 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act. Accusation is of taking friendly loan of Rs. 7,50,000/- from the complainant with assurance to return the same within a month when subsequently petitioner issued two cheques to the complainant each of Rs. 3,00,000/- and assured to pay the remaining amount in cash but the cheque got bounced. On 27.03.2012 the notices were issued to the complainant. The matter was adjourned on 31.07.2012 for one week and thereafter on 03.09.2012 for four weeks to resolve the issue. On 03.10.2012 none appeared on behalf of the petitioner, however learned counsel for the complainant was Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.12857 of 2012 (6) dt.01-11-2012 2 / 2 2 present when the matter was adjourned for two weeks as last indulgence. Today also none is appearing on behalf of the petitioner. Let learned Court below consider regular bail of the petitioner, if the petitioner surrenders within a period of eight weeks in connection with Complaint Case No. 2148(C ) of 2009, pending in the Court of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Patna. With the observations above, the application stands disposed off. Let the order of this Court be transmitted through FAX to the learned Court below at the cost of the petitioner. Shageer/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 406

Statute Text:
Section 406 of the Indian Penal Code. Criminal breach of trust. Whoever commits criminal breach of trust shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.