Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.16386 of 2012 ====================================================== Naresh Rai .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== With Criminal Miscellaneous No.18447 of 2012 ====================================================== Bachcha Bhagar .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== With Criminal Miscellaneous No.18452 of 2012 ====================================================== Rakesh Chaudhary .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 03-05-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioners are apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and Section 47(a) of the Excise Act. It is alleged that from the orchard of Naresh Rai, illicit spirit and other equipment for manufacturing liquor were seized. It is submitted on behalf of Naresh Rai that seizure has not been made from his possession and it was from the orchard Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.16386 of 2012 (2) dt.03-05-2012 2/2 and other accused Jagarnath Rai has been granted anticipatory bail vide Cr. Misc. No. 11383 of 2012. Since the recovery alleged to have been made from the orchard of the petitioner Naresh Rai, this Court is not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to him, but considering the fact that other accused has been granted anticipatory bail and the recovery has been made from the orchard, let the learned court below consider the regular bail of Naresh Rai if he surrenders within a period of six weeks. So far as other petitioners are concerned, since no recovery is alleged against other petitioners, let the above named petitioner namely Bachcha Bhagat and Rakesh Chaudhary be released on anticipatory bail, in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, East Champaran at Motihari in connection with Mahesi P.S. Case No. 210 of 2011, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Amrendra/- (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.