Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.24530 of 2012 ====================================================== Shankar Sao & Anr .... .... Petitioners. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 20-07-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and 47(a) of the Excise Act. From grocery shop of petitioner no.1 Shankar Sao, 1400 sachets of country made liquor of 200 Ml each whereas from the shop of petitioner no.2 Sonu Sao, 745 sachets of country made liquor of 200 Ml. each were recovered. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that seizure was made at 11.00 P.M. when shops of the petitioners were closed. The statement has been made in paragraph no. 12 of the petition that the petitioners have no criminal antecedent. In view of this Court, it is a fit case for Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.24530 of 2012 (2) dt.20-07-2012 2 / 2 2 consideration of regular bail if the petitioners, Shankar Sao and Sonu Sao @ Sonu Kumar surrender within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of copy of this order in connection with Kotwali P.S. Case No. 79 of 2012 pending in the court of the learned C.J.M., Gaya. With this observation, the application is disposed off. Let the order be faxed to the learned court below at the cost of the petitioners. U.K./- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 272

Statute Text:
Section 272 of the Indian Penal Code. Adulterating food or drink intended for sale, so as to make the same noxious. Whoever adulterates any article of food or drink, so as to make such article noxious as food or drink, intending to sell such article as food or drink, or knowing it to be likely that the same will be sold as food or drink, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both.