Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.1424 of 2012 Ganesh Singh Versus The State Of Bihar ---------------------------------- 2/ 17.1.2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending arrest in a case registered under [STATUTE] and section 47A of the Excise Act. The recovery is of huge sachets of country made liquor from the premises of Ram Dayal Bind and Om Prakash Singh, who had taken the premises on rent. It is alleged against the petitioner that he took the premises of one Udhari Singh on rent where illegal trade of country made liquor was made. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that there is no recovery from the petitioner and statement has been made in the petition that the petitioner has no criminal antecedent. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named petitioner be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today, on furnishing the bail bond of Rs.10000/(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of C.J.M. Bhojpur at Ara in Barhara (Sinha OP) P.S. Case no. 221 of 2011 subject to the 2 conditions as laid down under section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. Anil/ (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.