Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.20723 of 2012 ====================================================== Pramod Kumar Singh, son of late Rameshwar Singh, resident of village Paik Par, P.S. Bhargama, District Araria. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== 2 07-06-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. Petitioner is an accused for offences punishable under [STATUTE] as well as section 47(a) of the Excise Act. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the allegation is that 194 litres of country made liquor were recovered from the joint family house in which the petitioner was also living. Learned counsel for the petitioner further submits that he has got nothing to do with the said article and has got no criminal antecedent, but in spite of that he is in custody since 04.04.2012. In the aforesaid facts and circumstances, this petition is allowed. Let petitioner above named be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000.00 (Rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Araria in connection with Bhargama P.S. Case No.34 of 2012. Harish/- (S.N. Hussain, 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.