Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.29226 of 2012 (3) dt.26-09-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.29226 of 2012 ====================================================== Bijay Kumar Verma, S/O-Late Ganesh Prasad .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 3 26-09-2012 Supplementary affidavit is filed on behalf of the petitioner. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner is in jail custody since 03.06.2012 in a case registered under [STATUTE] . Admittedly, at the relevant time, petitioner was working as a clerk. The allegation against this petitioner is that he did not deposit a cheque and made interpolation in pay bills of the employees and furthermore, he withdrew amounts from the salary of other employees and also did not hand over the charge. The investigation of this case has already been completed. The contention on behalf of the petitioner is that so far as withdrawal of money from salary of other employees is concerned, witnesses admitted in course of investigation that they Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.29226 of 2012 (3) dt.26-09-2012 had taken loan and there was deduction of the aforesaid loan amount from their salary. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, East Champaran at Motihari in connection with Pakaridayal P.S. Case No. 66 of 2012. SHAHZAD/- (Hemant Kumar Srivastava, 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.