IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.40097 of 2008 GULU KUMAR PANDEY Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 2 15/10/2008 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel representing the State. The petitioner seeks bail in a case which has been registered under sections 420, 414 of the Indian Penal Code and section 7 of the Essential Commodities Act. According to the allegation, on 31.7.2008 the petitioner was moving from the bicycle with two filled gas cylinders but on demand of police no paper was produced. Submission is that at the time of occurrence Kankarbagh locality of the Patna was submerged with rain water. The cylinders belonged to bonafide persons who have given these to the petitioner for bringing the gas to their houses. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the petitioner Gulu Kumar Pandey is directed to be released on bail on furnishing of bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the S.D.J.M., Patna in connection with Kankarbagh P.S. Case No. 289 of 2008. avin (Shyam Kishore Sharma, J.)