Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.11798 of 2012 ====================================================== Birendra Prasad .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 06-04-2012 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 Excise Act. It is alleged that 31 gallons, each containing 30 liters of spirit, were recovered from Tata 407 vehicle. Petitioner is the owner of the vehicle. It is submitted that it has come during investigation that the spirit was being carried by the driver at the behest of one Sanjay Yadav and the petitioner had no knowledge of the same. It is further submitted that the petitioner has no criminal antecedent. 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 12 weeks from today on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.11798 of 2012 (2) dt.06-04-2012 2 / 2 2 thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Gaya in connection with Fatehpur P.S. Case No. 17 of 2012 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Anil/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 270

Statute Text:
Section 270 of the Indian Penal Code. Malignantly doing any act known to be likely to spread infection of any disease dangerous to life. Whoever malignantly does any act which is, and which he knows or has reason to believe to be, likely to spread the infection of any disease dangerous to life, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.