Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.4427 of 2012 (2) dt.15-02-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.4427 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Gajendra Choudhary @ Gujo Choudhary Late Baldeo Chaudhary Simri Bakhtiyarpur( Ranihat Chaudhary Tola) P.S. Simri Bakhtiyarpur, Distt. Saharsa .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 15-02-2012 Petitioner is languishing in custody since 27.11.2011 in a case registered under [STATUTE] and section 47(a) of the Bihar Excise Act. Recovery is of 102 sachets of country made liquor. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that recovery is made from the house of the petitioner but nobody was found there. Considering the period under custody, petitioner named above be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Saharsa, in connection with Bakhtiyarpur P.S. case no.260 of 2011. sudip/- (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.