Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.10392 of 2012 ====================================================== Sanjay Rai .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 02-04-2012 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 47(a) of the Excise Act. It is alleged that 84.96 liters of liquors of different brands were recovered from the shop of the petitioner and one Arun Rai. It is submitted that place of seizure belongs to one Digvijay Kumar and Satya Narayan Rai whose shop was sealed by the Excise Department and does not belong to the petitioner and similarly situated accused Arun Rai @ Arun Kumar Rai has been granted anticipatory bail by this Court vide Cr. Misc. No. 37911 of 2011. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the petitioner, above named, be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.10392 of 2012 (2) dt.02-04-2012 2 / 2 2 court below within a period of twelve weeks from today in connection with Meenapur P.S. Case No. 100 of 2011 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned C.J.M. Muzaffarpur, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. U.K./- (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.