IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr. Misc. No.33714 of 2008 KRISHNA NANDAN KUMAR Vrs. THE STATE OF BIHAR **** /2/ 16.09.2008 Heard the counsel for the petitioner and the State. 2. Offence alleged is under Section 7 of the Essential Commodities Act. Counsel for the petitioner submits that simply because three tins of kerosene oil each containing 15 liters is alleged to have been found stored in the petitioner’s shop, no offence under Section 7 of the Essential Commodities Act is made out. There is nothing to show that the petitioner is indulged in black marketing of kerosene oil, which was, in fact, kept for his own consumption. 3. Considering the facts, the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail on behalf of the petitioner, Krishna Nandan Kumar, is allowed. He is directed to be released on anticipatory bail, on his surrender before the Court concerned within four weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each in connection with Sadar P.S. Case No. 213 of 2008 to the satisfaction of the Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate, East, Muzaffarpur, subject to the condition laid down under Section 438(2) of the Criminal Procedure Code. S.A. ( Mridula Mishra, J. )