Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.25255 of 2012 (2) dt.24-07-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.25255 of 2012 ====================================================== Pramod Mahto Master @ Pramod Mahto .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 24-07-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and section 47(a) of the Excise Act. 700 liters of spirit was seized from the Bolero vehicle. It is alleged that when the vehicle was stopped, Raj Kumar Yadav and Kamlesh Yadav fled away from the vehicle. The petitioner was named by the driver of the vehicle. Statement has been made in paragraph 9 of the petition that the petitioner has no criminal antecedent and it is submitted that the recovery cannot be treated from the possession of the petitioner. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named petitioner be released on anticipatory bail in the event of 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 Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.25255 of 2012 (2) dt.24-07-2012 thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Nawada in connection with Nawada Town P.S. Case No. 450 of 2011 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) 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.