Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.1522 of 2012 Jitendra Kumar son of Yadupati Ram, resident of village Sahpur, P.S.Sahpur (Danapur),District Patna Versus The State Of Bihar ---------------------------------- For the petitioner : Mr.Vijay Kumar Sinha For the State : Mr.Addl.P.P. --- 02/ 11.01.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State. The petitioner is one of the five named accused of a case which has been registered for offences under [STATUTE] . According to written report of the informant, the petitioner was Credit Officer of Bandhan Financial Services Private Limited and one of the cheques bearing no. 084441 was found missing from the cheque book and forging that cheque, Rs. 2,30,000/- was withdrawn from S.B.I. 2 Barh Branch. On enquiry it revealed that one Manish Kumar has forged the cheque in conspiracy with the petitioner. It has been submitted that the petitioner has not assisted in any way in connection with withdrawal of the amount. No evidence has come to show that he was in league with Manish Kumar. Manish Kumar should have been interrogated by the police but he has not been interrogated. The petitioner is a student and has no criminal antecedent but he has been implicated falsely. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, let the above named petitioner be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(Rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned 3 Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Barh, Patna in Barh P.S.Case No. 281 of 2010. Tahir/- (Shyam Kishore Sharma, J.)

Applicable IPC Section: 408

Statute Text:
Section 408 of the Indian Penal Code. Criminal breach of trust by a clerk or servant. Whoever, being a clerk or servant or employed as a clerk or servant, and being in any manner entrusted in such capacity with property, or with any dominion over property, commits criminal breach of trust in respect of that property, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.