IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.35638 of 2009 ASHOK SAH @ ASHOK KUMAR SAH, PROPRIETOR OF M/S SHANKAR KIRANA, SON OF SRI KANIKLAL SAH, RESIDENT OF MOHALLA REFUGEE COLONY, P.S. & DISTRICT SAHARSA. ----- PETITIONER Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR ----- OPPOSITE PARTY ----------- 2 30.11.2009 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the counsel appearing on behalf of the State. Petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case under Section 16 of Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is the owner of a shop named as M/S Shankar Kirana and one Raja biscuit was purchased by the informant and according to the informant it was misbranded and also contained ash as per the reports. It is submitted that the petitioner is not the manufacturer of the biscuit and he cannot be held responsible for either of the two offences. Be that as it may, petitioner Ashok Sah @ Ashok Kumar Sah is directed to be released on anticipatory bail in the event of his arrest or surrender within a period of six weeks in connection with Misc. Case No. 4 of 2009 on furnishing bail bond of rupees ten thousand with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Saharsa subject to the conditions laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. Sanjay (Sheema Ali Khan, J.)