Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.1444 of 2012 Mahadeo Rai Versus The State Of Bihar ---------------------------------- 2/ 17.1.2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner being ex-Mukhia, is apprehending arrest in a case registered under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that during enquiry, it was found that in the scheme of Indira Awas for the years 2005-06, several irregularities were committed by the petitioner. Considering the fact that for the irregularities committed in 2005-06, the FIR was lodged in 2011, let the above named petitioner be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today, on furnishing the bail bond of Rs.10000/(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of C.J.M. Muzaffarpur in Hathauri P.S. Case No. 31 of 2011 subject to the conditions as laid down under section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. Anil/ (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.