Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.27046 of 2012 ====================================================== Jai Narayan Mahto & Anr. .... .... Petitioners. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 02-08-2012 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] , 47(a)(f) and 48(g) of the Excise Act. Huge quantity of liquor was recovered from the house of Lucki Devi who named these petitioners as the persons fleeing away from the place of occurrence. The statement has been made in paragraph no. 13 of the petition that the petitioners have no criminal antecedent. Considering the fact that recovery has not been made from possession of the petitioners, let the petitioners Jai Narayan Mahto and Rupesh Choudhary be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.27046 of 2012 (2) dt.02-08-2012 2 / 2 2 period of twelve weeks from today in connection with Korha (Rautara) P.S. Case No. 127 of 2012 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned C.J.M. Katihar, 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: 273

Statute Text:
Section 273 of the Indian Penal Code. Selling any food or drink as food and drink, knowing the same to be noxious. Whoever sells, or offers or exposes for sale, as food or drink, any article which has been rendered or has become noxious, or is in a state unfit for food or drink, knowing or having reason to believe that the same is noxious 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.