IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.13123 of 2010 RAJIV CHAUDHARY @ RAJIV KUMAR, SON OF LATE CHANDRASHEKHAR CHAUDHARY, RESIDENT OF VILLAGE HATHAURI, P.S. HATHAURI, DISTRICT – MUZAFFARPUR. Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR. ----------- 02/ 21.05.2010 Heard counsel for the petitioner and counsel appearing for the State. Offence alleged is under Section 7 of the Essential Commodities Act. Allegation in the FIR is that a complaint has been received that petitioner and other three dealers are selling fertilizer on higher price. Counsel for the petitioner submits that at present he is not selling fertilizers. Prior to April, 2009 he was a licensee of fertilizer and presently he is running a grocery shop. It is also stated that there is nothing to show that the fertilizers had been sold by the petitioner on higher price as not a single bag of fertilizer was recovered from the shop and godown of the petitioner. Considering these facts, prayer for grant of anticipatory bail on behalf of petitioner, namely, Rajiv Chaudhary @ Rajiv Kumar is allowed. He is directed to be released on bail, in case of his appearance before the Court concerned within four weeks from today, on furnishing bail - 2 - bond of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Sub-divisional Judicial Magistrate, East Muzaffarpur in connection with Hathauri P.S. Case No. 136 of 2009, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. DKS/ (Mridula Mishra, J.)