Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.33524 of 2012 ====================================================== Sajeevan Paswan .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 05-09-2012 Petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . and 47(a) of the Excise Act. Recovery is of 15 litres of mahua liquor. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that recovery was made from the joint family house and a statement has been made in para 9 of the petition that petitioner has no criminal antecedent. Considering the aforesaid submissions, let the petitioner namely Sanjeevan Paswan, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Gaya in connection with Chandauti P.S. Case No. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.33524 of 2012 (2) dt.05-09-2012 2 / 2 2 20 of 2012. Shageer/- (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.