Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.38227 of 2012 (2) dt.05-10-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.38227 of 2012 ====================================================== Janardan Kumar Singh @ Janardan Singh .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 05-10-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The wages of the labourers under MANREGA scheme were misappropriated by the post office when FIR was lodged against three persons including the brother of the petitioner. Subsequently, during investigation, it surfaced that the brother of the petitioner Ashok Kumar Singh went out for his treatment when this petitioner worked in place of his brother as Postmaster. It is submitted that during enquiry, the Director of National Employment Program has found no involvement of this petitioner when he did not request for lodging of FIR against the petitioner which fact gets reflected from Annexure 4. Moreover, considering the said enquiry report, the brother of the petitioner has been granted anticipatory bail vide Cr. Misc. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.38227 of 2012 (2) dt.05-10-2012 No. 42664 of 2011. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named petitioner be released on anticipatory bail in the event of 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 CJM, Buxar in connection with Buxar (Industrial Area) P.S. Case no. 36 of 2011 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Anil/- (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.