Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No. 2924 of 2012 ====================================================== Bishwanath Sah, Son of Ram Chandra Sah, Resident of Village – Mahmadpur Balmi Tola Purani Bazar Motipur, P. S. Motipur, District – Muzaffarpur. .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Rana Pratap Singh, Sr. Advocate Mrs. Bela Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Kumar Virendra Narayan, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 03/ 02-03-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and Section 47(a) of the Excise Act. Nine persons were apprehended while taking out spirit from the tanker when the driver of the tanker suggested that on the direction of this petitioner spirit was being taken out since the petitioner has already talked with the owner of the spirit in question. It is submitted by learned senior counsel for the petitioner that the recovery is not from the petitioner Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.2924 of 2012 (3) dt.02-03-2012 2/2 and his name sprang up in statement of the apprehended accused. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named petitioner be released on anticipatory bail in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today, 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, Motihari in connection with Mahesi P.S. Case No. 249 of 2011, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. DKS/ (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.