Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.19125 of 2012 ====================================================== Arun Kumar S/O Late Dharm Nath Prasad R/O Mohalla - Mohan Nagar, P.S. Chapra Town, Distt. - Saran .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE JYOTI SARAN ORAL ORDER 2 13-06-2012 Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the parties. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Bheldi P.S. Case No. 19 of 2012 for offence punishable under [STATUTE] and Section 47(A) of the Excise Act. Taking into consideration the submission of the learned counsel that the petitioner has a clean antecedent and that not only the drivers of the pick up vans from where the alleged consignment of liquor was seized, were granted bail by a Bench of this Court in Cr. Misc. No. 20975 of 2012 vide order dated 07.06.2012 but also the owners of the pick up vans were granted bail vide order dated 06.04.2012 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 14510 of 2012 and that name of the petitioner has transpired on the basis of the statement made by the drivers as being the owner of the Beer Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.19125 of 2012 (2) dt.13-06-2012 2 Bar and to whom the said consignment was to be delivered, let the petitioner named above in the event of his arrest or surrender within four weeks from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10, 000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Chapra, Saran, in Bheldi P.S. Case No. 19 of 2012, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Ravi/- (Jyoti Saran, 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.