IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.7703 of 2009 KEDAR RAI son of Late Shyam Rai, resident of village Rikabganj, P.S. Malsalami, District Patna. Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 2 01.05.2009 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. The offence alleged is under section 7 of the Essential Commodities Act and section 420 of the Indian Penal Code. It has been submitted on behalf of the petitioner that the petitioner has been implicated in this case on the basis of the confessional statement of the co-accused Laxman Pahalwan, however the said accused is alleged to have given his confessional statement while he was in custody and the said Laxman Pahalwan has given an application to the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Patna City to the effect that his confessional statement was obtained by the police on plain paper and as a matter of fact he has not given any such statement. In the facts and circumstances of the case, it is directed that let the petitioner, above named, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Patnacity, in connection with Deedarganj P.S. Case No. 142 of 2008. (Shailesh Kumar Sinha,J.) Manish/-