Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.3051 of 2012 ====================================================== Lakshman Chaudhary .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 14-02-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is languishing in custody since 15.09.2011 in a case registered under [STATUTE] . It is alleged against the petitioner that the petitioner’s father, being a Group-‘D’ employee died on 04.06.2005 after being retired on 28.02.1991 but the petitioner was withdrawing the pension of his father. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that in fact the money has not been received by the petitioner but it appears from the impugned order that the petitioner also made the extra-judicial confession. Considering the fact that the petitioner Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.3051 of 2012 (2) dt.14-02-2012 2 / 2 2 remained in custody for a considerable period and he is aged about 60 years, let the above named petitioner be released on bail, on furnishing the bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Muzaffarpur in connection with Town P.S. Case No. 206 of 2010. Amrendra/- (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.