Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.19695 of 2012 (2) dt.15-05-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.19695 of 2012 ====================================================== Dhirendra Kumar Singh @ D.K.Singh .... .... Petitioner Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 15-05-2012 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. It is alleged that huge quantity of country made liquor was recovered when drivers of the pick-up van disclosed the name of owners as Hari Singh, Guddu Singh and Dhirendra Kumar Singh. They also disclosed that the alleged seized liquor were purchased from this petitioner. It is submitted that the seized liquor suggests that it was purchased from somewhere else and petitioner was not the owner of the alleged vehicle. The statement has been made in paragraph- 13 of the petition that the petitioner has no criminal antecedent. Considering the aforesaid facts and submissions, let the above named petitioner, be released on anticipatory bail, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.19695 of 2012 (2) dt.15-05-2012 within a period of 12 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 Chief Judicial Magistrate, Vaishali at Hajipur in Mahua P.S.case No.33 of 2012, subject to the 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.