IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.27834 of 2011 Birendra Chaurasia, S/O-Late Ram Naresh Chaurasia Versus The State Of Bihar ---------------------------------- 02 08.09.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner is in jail custody since 10.07.2011 in a case registered under Section 7 of Essential Commodities Act. Allegedly, petitioner was caught by officials while he was carrying wheat on a tractor and on query, he disclosed that he had purchased the said wheat from one Shiv Shankar Singh who happens to be a P.D.S. dealer. The contention of learned counsel for the petitioner is that, as a matter of fact, the petitioner had purchased the aforesaid seized wheat from the farmers, who have already sworn affidavit before the court below to the above stated effect which is evident from Annexure-2 series to this petition. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner 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 Chief Judicial Magistrate, Siwan in connection with Raghunathpur P.S. Case No. 87 of 2011. SHAHZAD (Hemant Kumar Srivastava, J)