Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.30816 of 2012 ====================================================== Ozair Ahmad .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 16-08-2012 Heard learned senior counsel for the petitioner and the learned A.P.P. for the State. The petitioner being the Branch Manager of Uttar Bihar Kshetriya Gramin Bank is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that under the ‘Chief Minister Rehabilitation Scheme’ for the flood victims, the name of the informant at Sl. No. 38 was sent but Rs. 25,000/- was paid to one Sitli Devi in stead of the informant. It is submitted that in the beneficiary list, the name of Sitli Devi has been transmitted to the Bank which was prepared by the Gram Panchayat Mukhiya and Panchayat Secretary and Sitli Devi’s account was opened when Sitli Devi was identified by the local Sarpanch. Moreover, on the alleged date of Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.30816 of 2012 (2) dt.16-08-2012 2 / 2 2 withdrawal, petitioner was on leave and the withdrawal slip was passed by one Vijay Kumar and now the petitioner has retired. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the petitioner, above named, be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today in connection with Lakhnaur P.S. Case No. 03 of 2012, G.R. No. 50 of 2012 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned A.C.J.M. Jhanjharpur, Madhubani, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. U.K./- (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.