Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.8300 of 2012 ====================================================== Birendra Sahani .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 20-03-2012 Petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . and 47(a)(d)(e)(f) of the Excise Act. Huge quantity of country made liquor and equipments for manufacturing country made liquor were recovered from the bamboo orchard of the petitioner and his brother. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that petitioner is separate from his brother and recovery can not be treated to be from the possession of the petitioner. In view of this Court, it is a good ground for consideration of regular bail, if the petitioner surrenders within a period of six weeks in connection with Chakia P.S. Case No. 205 of 2011, pending in the Court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, East Champaran, Motihari. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.8300 of 2012 (2) dt.20-03-2012 2 / 2 2 With the observations above, the application stands disposed off. Let the order of this Court be transmitted through FAX to the learned Court below at the cost of the petitioner. Shageer/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, 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.