IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.13883 of 2008 UDAY KUMAR Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 5. 22.08.2008 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. Petitioner, who is an Assistant Godown Manager of the Bihar State Food & Civil Supply Corporation, is an accused in a case registered for the offences under Sections 7 of the E.C. Act It is submitted on behalf of the petitioner that the aforesaid provision of the Act would not be attracted so far as the petitioner is concerned who is Assistant Manager in the aforesaid Corporation. It is further submitted that only allegation against the petitioner which has been attributed is that there were some accused persons, who were standing near the godown where the petitioner was Manager and asking for the rice from the godown and those persons later left the premises leaving the motorcycle. Learned Addl. P.P. on perusal of the case diary did not refute the submission on behalf of the petitioner. Having considered the submissions as - 2 - noted above, it is directed that in the event of arrest or surrender within a period of four weeks from today, the petitioner, namely, Uday Kumar 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 the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Gopalganj in connection with Mirganj P.S. Case No. 31 of 2008 subject to the conditions as laid down under section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Jagdish/- (Shailesh Kumar Sinha,J)