IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.24217 of 2008 SANJAY KUMAR & ANR Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 2/ 10.07.2008 Heard learned Counsel for the petitioners and learned Counsel appearing on behalf of the State. The case under Section 7 of the Essential Commodities Act was registered against these two petitioners. Allegation is that 32 gas cylinders were being carried through a jeep. Petitioner no. 1 Sanjay Kumar was driver and petitioner no. 2 Mahamdin Mian was the khalasi of the jeep. Submission is that the petitioners were not concerned with the seized articles. The petitioners were merely transporting the gas. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the petitioner Sanjay Kumar and Mahamdin Mian are ordered to be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the S.D.J.M., Sikrhana at Motihari, East Champaran in connection with Kundwa Chainpur P.S. Case No. 06/2008. kksinha/ (Shyam Kishore Sharma, J.)