Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.44835 of 2011 ====================================================== Sudama Pandey .... .... Petitioner Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party ====================================================== 2 03-01-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner being the Chairman of the School Siksha Samitee is apprehending his arrest in a case registered under [STATUTE] . The accusation is that in favour of the petitioner cheque of Rs. 70,000/- was issued but he did not account for the expenditure of the same. It is submitted by learned Sr. counsel for the petitioner that only the cheque for Rs. 30,000/- was issued in favour of the petitioner which was spent for the construction of the school purposes and the present case has been lodged by the In-charge Headmaster of the school when he was put behind the bar when the case was lodged by the contractor Mumtaj Ansari and after his release the present case has been lodged against the petitioner and Mumtaj Ansari. Considering the background in which the present case has been lodged, let the above named petitioner be released on anticipatory bail in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today, 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, Kaimur (Bhabhua) in connection with Karamchat P.S. Case No. 12/2010 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. Amrendra Kumar/- (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.