Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.21944 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Jai Kishore Singh 2. Dhananjay Singh .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 19-07-2012 Petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . and 47(a) of the Excise Act. The recovery is of 100 litres of mahua from the field of petitioner No. 1 whereas 65 litres of mahua from the field of petitioner No. 2. It is submitted by learned senior counsel for the petitioners that recovery is from the vacated land, hence it can not be treated from the possession of the petitioners. Considering the nature of accusation, in view of this Court, it is a fit case for consideration of regular bail, if the petitioners surrender within a period of six weeks in connection with Udwant Nagar P.S. Case No. 113 of 2011, pending in the Court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bhojpur at Ara. With the observations above, the application Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.21944 of 2012 (3) dt.19-07-2012 2 / 2 2 stands disposed off. Let the order of this Court be transmitted through FAX to the learned Court below at the cost of the petitioners. Shageer/- (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.