Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.17697 of 2012 ====================================================== Kalawati Devi, wife of Sri Dinanath Singh, resident of village Khewali, P.S.Murar, District Buxar. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE VIKASH JAIN ORAL ORDER 2 27-04-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State. 2. The petitioner apprehends her arrest in Murar P.S.Case No. 82 of 2011 for the offences under [STATUTE] . 3. According to the FIR the allegation is with regard to embezzlement of money during 2009-10 in Panchayat Khewali in the matter of distribution of grant to the farmers for diesel subsidy. Learned counsel for the petitioner has invited attention to the fact that other co-accused namely, Mukhiya, Panchayat Secretary and the Up Mukhiya of the Panchayat have already been granted bail by this Court as will be evident from the order dated 29.03.2012 passed in Cr.Misc.No. 12888/2012 (Annexure-2). It has further been submitted that the petitioner who is the Up Pramukh has very little role to play except having made signature on the register on the direction of the Mukhiya and as such her case stands on a better footing than that of other co-accused. 4. Considering the above facts, in the event of her arrest Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.17697 of 2012 (2) dt.27-04-2012 2 or surrender within a period of 12 weeks from the date of communication of this order, let the petitioner Kalawati Devi, wife of Sri Dinanath Singh be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Buxar in connection with Murar P.S.Case No. 82 of 2011 subject to the condition laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Chandran (Vikash Jain, 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.