Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.46547 of 2012 ====================================================== Jitendra Rai, son of Nayak Rai, resident of village Bariyarchak, P.S. Nayagaon, district Saran .... Petitioner Versus The State Of Bihar .... Opposite Party ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE GOPAL PRASAD ORAL ORDER 2 05-12-2012 Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. This is a petition for grant of regular bail for offence under [STATUTE] and 47(A) of the Excise Act with regard to recovery of fifty litres of country made liquor. The petitioner is in jail since 05.09.2012. Hence, having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, the petitioner, above named, is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each in connection with Nayagaon P.S. Case No. 2 of 2003 (Tr. No. 2554 of 2011) to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Saran at Chapra. SA/- (Gopal Prasad, 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.