Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.40478 of 2012 (3) dt.17-12-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.40478 of 2012 ====================================================== Upendra Yadav @ Upendra Singh .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 03/ 17.12.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner is in jail custody since 6.7.2012 in a case registered under [STATUTE] and 47A of the Excise Act. The contention on behalf of the petitioner is that alleged recovery has been made from an abandon house and so far as scorpio vehicle is concerned, the same belongs to the petitioner. It is further contended by him that other accused persons have already been granted privilege of bail and moreover, even if prosecution story assumed to be true, then also, petitioner is first offender and he does not have any criminal antecedent. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner, Upendra Yadav @ Upendra Singh, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Sub divisional Judicial Magistrate, Daudnagar, Aurangabad in Daudnagar P.S. Case no. 181/2012 subject to the condition that learned trial court shall cancel the bail bond of the petitioner, if a new case of similar nature is reported to have been registered against the petitioner. Shahid (Hemant Kumar Srivastava,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.